[HeartA]

what would bid after you opened 1♥ and pd responded 1♠?

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[the hog]

2NT
17-18 balanced!! Hand too good for a 1NT opening.

[helium]

2 clubs (whitch is semi forsing) p can only pass whit a terrible hand.

[inquiry]

With unknown partner, or partner with no specific agreements, 2NT.

With a parnter who knows how to bid, 2♣.

[whereagles]

2C seems ok. If pard shows preference, I'll try 3H.

[flytoox]

Between 2N and 2c, I vote for 2c. If pd rebid 2s, I raise to 3S.

[Free]

3NT: 6+♥, no ♠ fit

[the hog]

"With a parnter who knows how to bid, 2♣. "

Fair comment, I can live with that. Incidentally over a 2H preference, I think 2N is marked, NOT 3H.

[inquiry]

The_Hog, on Oct 19 2004, 09:37 AM, said:

"With a parnter who knows how to bid, 2♣. "

Fair comment, I can live with that. Incidentally over a 2H preference, I think 2N is marked, NOT 3H.

That comment wasn't meant as a shot at you Ron. In fact I like a 2NT rebid on this hand, short, descriptive, Kxxxxx of hearts looks llike a five card suit to me, and singleton ACE looks like a doubleton suit to me for NT purposes.... What is wrong for rebids are 2♥, 3♥ and 3NT rebids....

Here is how I like to respond to a 1♥-1♠... as if partner bid a forcing 1NT of sorts... I will rebid a three card minor when STRONG in preference to rebidding a six card suit. My rebid of a six card heart suit over 1♠ also says WEAK HAND....

Ben

[HeartA]

It is a hand I played with a partner online. We had played about 100 boards and it seemed we had pretty much consensus on the bidding style, or at least we didn't have much misunderstanding. Then it came this board (I don't remember the exact hand I had, probably 16 hcp, one less than the one I show here). I opened 1H and then rebid 2C after he responded 1S. He rebid 2D and I bid 3N. But he pulled it to 4C with 4 smalls. And I couldn't stop it, it went to a hopeless 6C. And he was mad.

[flytoox]

HeartA, on Oct 19 2004, 07:12 PM, said:

It is a hand I played with a partner online. We had played about 100 boards and it seemed we had pretty much consensus on the bidding style, or at least we didn't have much misunderstanding. Then it came this board (I don't remember the exact hand I had, probably 16 hcp, one less than the one I show here). I opened 1H and then rebid 2C after he responded 1S. He rebid 2D and I bid 3N. But he pulled it to 4C with 4 smalls. And I couldn't stop it, it went to a hopeless 6C. And he was mad.

2D is gf, so jump to 3N should show about 15-17, unbalanced hand. Pd's 4C is slammish, but you have only 3 club, so I think at this moment you should bid 4H or 4N. Whether bid 6h/6n should leave to Pd. I would never stop at 6C. Pd responded s first, so he rates to have 4clubs only. If he has five, he may splinter in D or cuebid it on the way.

[1eyedjack]

Playing Granville/Kaplan Inversion, whether responder would start with 1S or 1N response depends on whether or not he has only 4 Spades.

With more than 4 Spades he would start with 1N, and I favour 2N rebid but sympathise with 2C

With only 4 Spades he would start with 1S (0 to 4 Spades) over which I play a 2C rebid promises 6+ Hearts (one round force), and that would be the move for me. Then follow up with 2N unless partner rebids 2H (showing a BAD hand) which I would would pass.

[pclayton]

2♣; NOT-forcing, but if pard passes I'm probably in an OK spot. Over:

2♦; 3♥
2♥; 4♥
2♠; 2N
2N; 3N

[HeartA]

I am not sure if he bid 2D or 3C after my 2C. After he pulled to 4C, I thought he might have 5-card: 4 spades and 5 clubs without game-forcing strength at the first round (we payed 2/1), or could be 5-5 in blacks.

[Dragan]

2♣

[Fluffy]

your suit isn´t good enough to be rebidded, so bid as if you had only 5.

With a 2533 (or even a 1533 :-) ) the correct rebid with 15-17 is 2♣, followed by 2NT, and that is what I would do... except if partner gives a ♥ preference, in wich case I would change my mind and bid 3♥.

[cf_John0]

3H is superior for this type of hand-ctrls & HCPs both more.