One hand 3 weird bids

#1 Yu18772

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Posted 2012-December-12, 01:55

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Why did Gib decide on X, rather than normal forcing 2!h? Gib also decided no to show his 5 card major later.....in normal bidding Gib bidding would deny more than 4 hearts completely.
Second issue is why Gib bids cuebids instead of NT with stoppers, and what is a "likely stop" (almost pregnant style?)? There is not exactly much room between 3♠ to 3NT to find out how likely is "likely stop".
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#2 Bbradley62

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Posted 2012-December-12, 09:50

Yu18772, on 2012-December-12, 01:55, said:

Why did Gib decide on X, rather than normal forcing 2!h?

Because GIB insists that bidding 2♥ requires 14 total points, and he values the North hand as 13. There have been several requests made to reduce this requirement a little, but staff doesn't want to do that.

#3 georgi

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Posted 2013-January-17, 10:38

Actually since v23 it was reduced to 11+TP for all new suits introduced on level 2. It used to be only for lower suits than opened suit before. If level is 3, points requires are 14+.

Since v25, level 3 is reduced so it needs 13+TP for new suit. Level 2 is still 11+TP.

Here there was another reason not to bid regular 2♥ bid. Fixed for next version(v26).

Following the bidding in displayed hand, over your expected 3♦ reply on 2♥, GIB would bid 3NT after.

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