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jillybean2, on Jun 26 2009, 03:56 AM, said:

I agree what you say is best practice, these auctions have been discussed at length on forums. My point is that what is forum/expert/modern standard is NOT
standard in the wider world, online or real life, or atleast not with the people I'm playing with.

Sorry Kathryn, there is no world wide standard. When you play with new partners, you are often surprised about their bidding understanding.

And espacially 1 M 2 m 2 M and 1 M 2 m 2 NT had been discussed here a million times. I think that the first is the catch all bid and the second shows game forcing values for a majority now. But stilll a lot of people have a different approach.

There is not much you can do. Accept the surprising results when you play with a new partner and discuss these basics in depth when you want to play together more often.