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minor or major prepering for the next bid

#1 User is offline   haver 

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Posted 2009-February-07, 05:50

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S - pass
W- 1Cl
N - dbl
E - pass
S - ?
if u bid 1S and next round u intend to bid dia then it will create the false impression that u have a 5 card S suit + dia
if u bid 1D and opps bid something what do u intend to do next round?

S - pass
W- 1Cl
N - dbl
E - pass
S - 1D
W - 3Cl
N - pass
E - pass

now what?
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Posted 2009-February-07, 06:36

no, if you bid ♠ and then ♦ you give the right impression that you have 4♠ and 5-6 ♦, because with 5 spades you'd insist on spades, knowing that you have a fit there (i.e. partner should "never" double on a doubleton major). now that you started with 1♦ it is quite impossible to do anything. This situation is more or less exactly why you should always bid your major first. Only with a 7-4 should you think about hiding your major.

Also if you have 4-4 in the majors, it is a good idea to bid ♠ first and then ♥ to let partner give preference at a comfortable level.
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Posted 2009-February-07, 07:01

Neither 1♠ nor 1♦ looks right. Staring down the unexpected club stiff, with two Aces, a Jack kicker, and 5-4 in two suits that are probably supported, and a lot of body (A9 OK, A109 great), I'd cuebid 2♣, myself.
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Posted 2009-February-07, 07:13

You have to bid spades as gwnn explains, but this hand is much too strong for 1♠. Either 2♠ or 2♣.
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Posted 2009-February-07, 11:31

Of course 1♦ wasn't right but we are kind of lucky it went this way. Balancing 3♠ seems like a fair description at this point.
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Posted 2009-February-07, 12:45

jdonn, on Feb 7 2009, 12:31 PM, said:

Of course 1♦ wasn't right but we are kind of lucky it went this way. Balancing 3♠ seems like a fair description at this point.

I agree. I would have started with 2♠, but whatever...
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