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inquiry, on Mar 13 2004, 12:59 AM, said:
Ok, time for more of the shameful story of this bothersome hand....like the majority of the players here, I decided that his hand would best be described as "balanced" 9/10/11 range. So I passed. I heard the following auction.
West North East South
1♦ Dbl Pass
1♠ 2♦ Pass 2♠ ??
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1♦ Dbl Pass
1♠ 2♦ Pass 2♠ ??
You have an extra pass in here.
North East South
1♦ Dbl Pass
1♠ 2♦ 2♠ ?? [/font]
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1) DBL shows balance hand 10/11 points,
My last choice with undisclosed four-card diamond support.
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2) 2NT is good/bad givne the context of the bidding, probably going to show bad hand with support of ♦ that you didn't raise earlier (think 3 ♦s),
I don't like this agreement if it is ambiguous about diamond support. I am guessing that it can be a weak hand with clubs. Partner is poorly placed if the opponents compete further to 3♠.
Anyway the hand is way too good for this option.
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3) 3♦, well that will be "better" or good support. Why is 2NT not the balanced 10/11?
I doubt that partner will play us for an ace and an ace-queen and four-card support.
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4) 3♠ - forcing cue-bid clearly showing the balance hand, but without a ♠ stopper, so must be some support.
There must also be a 5th option - 4♦. However with this hand I am reluctant to bypass 3NT. 3♠ must be based on a diamond fit and excellent cards.
However I think that I would prefer to show a good diamond raise at my first turn to bid. The worst that can happen is that we play a silly part-score. If partner is a minimum 4432 hand we are unlikely to be trying for 5♦ without investigating 3NT. On the other hand when partner has an unbalanced hand with five or more diamonds partner will be well placed to compete for the part-score or try for game or slam.