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1♠ - double - redouble - bid
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1♠ - double - redouble - pass
pass - bid
What are your agreements on forcing passes here? How high? Does it matter if 1m was opened?
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How high are we forced?
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Posted 2008-October-02, 10:05
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Posted 2008-October-02, 10:19
I usually play pass as forcing 'for a level' i.e. to one below two of the suit I opened. In this auction (and after 1grape (1NT) x) I sometimes simply play pass forcing at the 2-level.
Exception: 1suit (x) xx (bid/pass) bid, by opener in front of partner, shows a weak hand and turns off the forcing pass. It also changes us from take-out to penalty doubles, but that's a different issue.
Exception: 1suit (x) xx (bid/pass) bid, by opener in front of partner, shows a weak hand and turns off the forcing pass. It also changes us from take-out to penalty doubles, but that's a different issue.
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Posted 2008-October-02, 10:49
Agree with Frances.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2008-October-02, 12:32
The XX main goal is to pusnish them and to show a misfit. If they bid and you cannot double them why would you want to bid on ???
1S----(X)-----XX------2H
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Most of the times opener will be minimum and the pts are split 22-18 or 23-17. 2H here is maybe likely to go down but its still tough to X, why would you want to be forced to play 3m here ?
At MP it make more sense to have more forcing pass sequences since 2H -1 or 2H making rate to be a bad MP score anyway. But at IMPs there is no reason to change a plus into a minus.
1S----(X)-----XX------2H
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Most of the times opener will be minimum and the pts are split 22-18 or 23-17. 2H here is maybe likely to go down but its still tough to X, why would you want to be forced to play 3m here ?
At MP it make more sense to have more forcing pass sequences since 2H -1 or 2H making rate to be a bad MP score anyway. But at IMPs there is no reason to change a plus into a minus.
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Posted 2008-October-02, 15:24
I play with some partners that xx forces to 2NT. Probably not best, but simple. I also do not believe in xxing with random 9 HCP hands that seems to be in style.
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