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#1 User is offline   dwar0123 

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Posted 2011-December-25, 13:32



Can you pass here or do you have to say 2♠.

And are you doing it to prevent competition or because partner can still have 18+ points.
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Posted 2011-December-25, 13:46

2♠ I think it is best here to raise immediately and depending on your methods, partner could be unlimited.
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Posted 2011-December-25, 14:13

There are two questions: Is 1♠ forcing? If it isn't, should you pass?

Most pairs (I think), play 1♠ as non-forcing. Opener is meant to jump if he has 18+ points. Personally, I prefer to play 1♠ as forcing in principle but responder is allowed to pass if he made a sub-minimum response for some tactical reason.

That having been said, I think this is a clear raise even if 1♠ is NF. This hand is much better than a minimum response in support of ♠. So my main reason to bid is to tell partner what I've got!
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Posted 2011-December-25, 14:29

View Postdwar0123, on 2011-December-25, 13:32, said:



Can you pass here or do you have to say 2♠.

And are you doing it to prevent competition or because partner can still have 18+ points.


Can your partner have something like this





Best to play 1♠ as a virtual 1 round force and even if you don't the hand is far to good to pass.
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Posted 2011-December-25, 14:52

Thanks all and Merry Christmas!
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Posted 2011-December-25, 18:48

This hand is worth quite a bit in support of ♠ so passing is quite bad.
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