[Ai Hao]

Playing XYZ and 2/1, what is 3♥ in below bidding?

--------------Pass-pass
1♦-pass-1♥-pass
1♠-pass-2♣-pass
2♦-pass-2♥-pass
3♥

By agreement, 2♦ would be replaced by 2♥ with 3 card ♥ and max hand

[TylerE]

Honestly, that sequence makes no real since. Opener has denied a max with 3♥, so that only hand that remotely makes sense is a min with 3♥...which should probably pass 2♥. Maybe a distributional min, like 4=3=5=1 or 4=3=6=0 maybe?

[Phil]

You can define these "blame transfers" any way you want to, but I agree thats its probably a shapely minimum.

[rogerclee]

What does your partnership bid with a 4351 minimum?

If the rebid is 1♠, then 3♥ should be this. It would not be correct to think that a 4351 minimum should pass 2♥, game can still be easily on, which responder is now very well placed to judge. The chance that we go down in 3♥ is very low, anyway.

If your partnership raises to 2♥ on this kind of shape then this should be a 4252 maximum, willing to go to game but offering 4♥, and now responder is very well placed to judge whether to bid 3N or 4♥.

[Ai Hao]

rogerclee, on Mar 5 2009, 01:48 PM, said:

What does your partnership bid with a 4351 minimum?

If the rebid is 1♠, then 3♥ should be this. It would not be correct to think that a 4351 minimum should pass 2♥, game can still be easily on, which responder is now very well placed to judge. The chance that we go down in 3♥ is very low, anyway.

If your partnership raises to 2♥ on this kind of shape then this should be a 4252 maximum, willing to go to game but offering 4♥, and now responder is very well placed to judge whether to bid 3N or 4♥.

with 4351, we raise 2♥ directly.

At the time I translated this 3♥ as 2 honour card ♥ and max and went to 3nt, but it was wrong.

PS, we are not regular partners and we don't play walsh style.

[ASkolnick]

Actually, my interpretation would be the same as yours.

4-2-6(5)-1 with no club stopper.

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