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#2
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Posted 2008-March-19, 14:01
Double would be a very descriptive call here..... 
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Harald
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Posted 2008-March-19, 14:10
2♠.
Edit: I could've sworn that the original auction was a 2♥ overcall of 1♠. Well, if partner bid Michaels, I have an extremely easy 4♠.
Edit: I could've sworn that the original auction was a 2♥ overcall of 1♠. Well, if partner bid Michaels, I have an extremely easy 4♠.
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Posted 2008-March-19, 14:43
I assume that the auction is (1♠) 2♥ (pass)
It's customary when posting this sort of problem to give us some useful heart pip like the jack or ten, so that we can all say something profound about what constitutes adequate support for a two level overcall.
Even so, I still bid 2♠, promising support that I don't have.
It's customary when posting this sort of problem to give us some useful heart pip like the jack or ten, so that we can all say something profound about what constitutes adequate support for a two level overcall.
Even so, I still bid 2♠, promising support that I don't have.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2008-March-19, 16:09
it was 2 little hearts. As you can tell, I have included tens in my hand, let alone jacks if there were any.
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Posted 2008-March-19, 16:18
If this is 1♥ 2♥ Michaels as I read it, it is impossible to answer without knowing the vul. w/r I bid 2♠, w/w I invite game, via 3♥ if I have no other agreements about how to do so. Vul I would bid 4♠.
Please let me know about any questions or interest or bug reports about GIB.
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Posted 2008-March-19, 16:18
I have had a few of these recently and have been thinking that maybe the cue-bid should include a nebulous sort of game try without any clear bid.
Anyway without that agreement I raise hearts (via the standard cue-raise with this many points). My fall back position is that if I am stuck I assume partner's two-level (or higher) overcall is based on a six-bagger.
Anyway without that agreement I raise hearts (via the standard cue-raise with this many points). My fall back position is that if I am stuck I assume partner's two-level (or higher) overcall is based on a six-bagger.
Wayne Burrows
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Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
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Posted 2008-March-19, 16:58
jdonn, on Mar 19 2008, 05:18 PM, said:
If this is 1♥ 2♥ Michaels as I read it, it is impossible to answer without knowing the vul. w/r I bid 2♠, w/w I invite game, via 3♥ if I have no other agreements about how to do so. Vul I would bid 4♠.
oops, Sorry I didn't realise it was a BLACK HEART. it should be 1S-2H-pass-?
sorry I am quite new to posting here
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Posted 2008-March-19, 17:04
bobbywjch, on Mar 19 2008, 05:58 PM, said:
jdonn, on Mar 19 2008, 05:18 PM, said:
If this is 1♥ 2♥ Michaels as I read it, it is impossible to answer without knowing the vul. w/r I bid 2♠, w/w I invite game, via 3♥ if I have no other agreements about how to do so. Vul I would bid 4♠.
oops, Sorry I didn't realise it was a BLACK HEART. it should be 1S-2H-pass-?
sorry I am quite new to posting here
No problem, I would bid 2♠ now as sort of the least of evils. Simply too good for me to consider passing.
Please let me know about any questions or interest or bug reports about GIB.
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Posted 2008-March-19, 17:11
Agree with 2S.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
- hrothgar
- hrothgar
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Posted 2008-March-19, 20:16
2S
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We are all connected to each other biologically, to the Earth chemically, and to the rest of the universe atomically.
We're in the universe, and the universe is in us.
We are all connected to each other biologically, to the Earth chemically, and to the rest of the universe atomically.
We're in the universe, and the universe is in us.
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Posted 2008-March-20, 02:12
I like to play that 2 NT in situation likes this is always inviting with fit, so the cuebid is always inviting without a fit. This works well here.
The downside is, that you have no natural 2 NT bid anymore, but hey, who wants to play 2 NT anyway?
The downside is, that you have no natural 2 NT bid anymore, but hey, who wants to play 2 NT anyway?
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Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
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Posted 2008-March-20, 02:28
2S.
You have to find a bid, and 2S will
give you the best chance to find out,
if you have enough power for game,
a stopper in spade, or if you have a
fit in a minor.
With kind regards
Marlowe
You have to find a bid, and 2S will
give you the best chance to find out,
if you have enough power for game,
a stopper in spade, or if you have a
fit in a minor.
With kind regards
Marlowe
With kind regards
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
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Posted 2008-March-20, 02:32
As usual with very hard problems..double or cuebid......is often...best of the worst. 
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