[CSGibson]

Scoring: IMP

(1♦)-P-(P)-1♠,
(2♣)-?

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cue-bid? Splinter? NT? gentle raises? Just bid game?

[jjbrr]

I'd just bid game.

[gwnn]

the vowelless posters agree again.

[bluecalm]

The problem with bidding game is that we can easily have a slam imo.
I bid 4♥ if that's splinter. If not then I cuebid and then bid game.

[Free]

I'd probably bid 2NT as INV+ raise with 4+♠. Depending on what happens we may or may not find slam, but I'm going to at least 4♠ all the time for sure.

[shyams]

With a regular partner, I would bid 2NT as a good raise in spades.

In other cases, I'd just try 4♠

[aguahombre]

Yeh, someone has hearts. It seems likely that ten of them are divided equally between lefty and pard. Some people, if they use Michaels at all in the balancing seat, play it showing a good hand.

After subtracting to compensate for balancer's expected overbid, I choose a 2♦ cue L.R. +, and then abide by pard's decision whether to accept. With what looks like a nice 11+, balancer will accept. If balancer bids 2H in response to the cue, I will bid 3C to torture him some more ---this is not a slam auction. Partner would now have had enough chances to show a big hand.

[Phil]

I would bid 2♦ and consider this a non-problem.

3♥ should be fitted, but that's not very likely since we didn't overcall, unless you make fit bids on four card suits. 4♥ would normally be to play, but that doesn't make much sense either in this context. Partner is probably looking at a few hearts himself, and can probably work it out, but why give him the headache?

So I will bid 3♥ in the post-mortem, but settle for 2♦ now.

[billw55]

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Yeh, someone has hearts. It seems likely that ten of them are divided equally between lefty and pard. Some people, if they use Michaels at all in the balancing seat, play it showing a good hand.

I was thinking that probably west has 5-6 hearts, but a hand too weak to bid. But your idea is also possible.

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After subtracting to compensate for balancer's expected overbid, I choose a 2♦ cue L.R. +, and then abide by pard's decision whether to accept. With what looks like a nice 11+, balancer will accept. If balancer bids 2H in response to the cue, I will bid 3C to torture him some more ---this is not a slam auction. Partner would now have had enough chances to show a big hand.

I think most likely east has the strong hand, per above. Against that though, my honors look perfectly placed. Even opposite an ordinary balancing 10 count, we could easily be losing only a club, a heart, and a trump. So I take the plunge and bid game. (Certainly at IMPs. At matchpoints I might be persuaded to try the cuebid).

[hanp]

3♣.

[Phil]

hanp, on Aug 26 2010, 11:37 AM, said:

3♣.

I play the higher cue (3♣) as the mixed raise, and the lower cue (2♦) as limit (+).

Surprised you don't.

[gnasher]

Phil, on Aug 26 2010, 05:46 PM, said:

hanp, on Aug 26 2010, 11:37 AM, said:

3♣.

I play the higher cue (3♣) as the mixed raise, and the lower cue (2♦) as limit (+).

Surprised you don't.

Maybe Han plays the higest cue as the mixed raise, the middle one as a limit raise with four trumps, and the lowest one as a limit raise with three trumps.

[whereagles]

Agree to 4♠. It is important to shut out the heart suit, which LHO might be aching to bid, especially if he's not playing weak jump shifts

[JLOGIC]

Phil, on Aug 26 2010, 11:46 AM, said:

hanp, on Aug 26 2010, 11:37 AM, said:

3♣.

I play the higher cue (3♣) as the mixed raise, and the lower cue (2♦) as limit (+).

Surprised you don't.

But what about when there are three!

[mike777]

CSGibson, on Aug 26 2010, 12:18 AM, said:

Scoring: IMP

(1♦)-P-(P)-1♠,
(2♣)-?

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cue-bid? Splinter? NT? gentle raises? Just bid game?

4h splinter.