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After the 1♥ opening bid some people:
1. Support hearts with support and forget about holding 4+ Spades unless they have a good hand.
2. Bid Spades with 4+ no matter the point count.
How do you cope with bidding spades and then supporting hearts with 6-10 or 11-12 HCP's?
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Posted 2013-December-24, 13:24
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.
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Posted 2013-December-24, 13:48
Hanoi5, on 2013-December-24, 13:24, said:
After the 1♥ opening bid some people:
1. Support hearts with support and forget about holding 4+ Spades unless they have a good hand.
1. Support hearts with support and forget about holding 4+ Spades unless they have a good hand.
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2. Bid Spades with 4+ no matter the point count.
Don't do that.
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Posted 2013-December-24, 14:10
The way to bid spades is to raise whatever major partner bids. He opened One Heart so bid Two Hea r s. If he then bids Two Spades bid Three Spades.
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Posted 2013-December-25, 15:57
Hanoi5, on 2013-December-24, 13:24, said:
After the 1♥ opening bid some people:
1. Support hearts with support and forget about holding 4+ Spades unless they have a good hand.
2. Bid Spades with 4+ no matter the point count.
How do you cope with bidding spades and then supporting hearts with 6-10 or 11-12 HCP's?
♠Jxxx
♥T9x
♦Axx
♣KQx
For example?
1. Support hearts with support and forget about holding 4+ Spades unless they have a good hand.
2. Bid Spades with 4+ no matter the point count.
How do you cope with bidding spades and then supporting hearts with 6-10 or 11-12 HCP's?
♠Jxxx
♥T9x
♦Axx
♣KQx
For example?
This depends on style. If 1♥-2♥ is a constructive raise, I'll do that on the quoted hand. If 1♥-2♥ is normally weaker than this hand, I'll respond 1♠. If I have a 2m gadget to show a good 3-card raise to 2♥ I'll use that.
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Posted 2014-January-06, 07:39
I believe I have no serious problems bidding spades first, then hearts. How many hearts I bid depends on what opener rebids.
If he bids 1NT(12-14) then 2♥ is 6-10 and 3♥ 11/12. (This hand 2♥)
If he bids 2♣ (any 15+ or 11-14 5 clubs) I bid 2♥ with 6/7 or the 2♦ relay with 8+ and then ..
..over 2♥(weak 5-5) pass with a normal 8-10, raise to 3♥ with a normal 11/12 (with the given hand this is practically a 4♥ raise)
..over 2♠(15/16 3 card support) bid 3♥, or 4♥ with 10+ (this hand 4♥)
..over a 15/16 2NT+ bid again 3 or 4♥ (this hand 4♥)
..over a 17+ we are at least game in hearts
If he bids 2♦(11-14 natural) then 2♥ is 6-10 and 3♥ 11/12.
If he bids 2♥(6 card) then 3♥ or 4♥ on 11/12
If he bids n♠(4 card support) then we play in spades.
Partner with no great strength and a 45xx shape will open 1♥ and pass 2♥. I would rather play in a 4-4 spade fit than a 5-3 heart fit. Bidding spades first with 4 loses nothing (other than the ability to use a 2♣ to play in 2♥ on a declined game invitation with 11/12) and it helps in allowing a spade rebid by opener to mean something special when you have denied a 4 card spade suit.
4+? I can't understand supporting hearts when you have 5 spades.
If he bids 1NT(12-14) then 2♥ is 6-10 and 3♥ 11/12. (This hand 2♥)
If he bids 2♣ (any 15+ or 11-14 5 clubs) I bid 2♥ with 6/7 or the 2♦ relay with 8+ and then ..
..over 2♥(weak 5-5) pass with a normal 8-10, raise to 3♥ with a normal 11/12 (with the given hand this is practically a 4♥ raise)
..over 2♠(15/16 3 card support) bid 3♥, or 4♥ with 10+ (this hand 4♥)
..over a 15/16 2NT+ bid again 3 or 4♥ (this hand 4♥)
..over a 17+ we are at least game in hearts
If he bids 2♦(11-14 natural) then 2♥ is 6-10 and 3♥ 11/12.
If he bids 2♥(6 card) then 3♥ or 4♥ on 11/12
If he bids n♠(4 card support) then we play in spades.
Partner with no great strength and a 45xx shape will open 1♥ and pass 2♥. I would rather play in a 4-4 spade fit than a 5-3 heart fit. Bidding spades first with 4 loses nothing (other than the ability to use a 2♣ to play in 2♥ on a declined game invitation with 11/12) and it helps in allowing a spade rebid by opener to mean something special when you have denied a 4 card spade suit.
4+? I can't understand supporting hearts when you have 5 spades.
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