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(1S) 2H (2S) P; (P) 3C Inferences

#1 User is offline   Trick13 

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Posted 2018-October-12, 21:19

(1) 2 (2) P
(P) 3

What inferences do you take from this sequence, given you have a re-opening double and Michaels available. And if the re-opening bid was 3 you had ELC available to convert 3 to 3.
Advancer also had a weak, non-invitational, raise to 3 available.
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Posted 2018-October-12, 22:15

Opening-ish. I'm a fan of traditional (gap) michaels so 2 would be, say, 6-10 or 17+. So this is like 13-16ish. (11-12 just grins and passes in tempo over 1...)
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Posted 2018-October-12, 23:57

View PostTylerE, on 2018-October-12, 22:15, said:

Opening-ish. I'm a fan of traditional (gap) michaels so 2 would be, say, 6-10 or 17+. So this is like 13-16ish. (11-12 just grins and passes in tempo over 1...)

So you have a gap within your gap? What's the point of that?
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Posted 2018-October-13, 00:47

6+4+ with better hearts or 2-card disparity.
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Posted 2018-October-13, 01:37

View Posthelene_t, on 2018-October-13, 00:47, said:

6+4+ with better hearts or 2-card disparity.

For me not necessarily better hearts, but certainly a length disparity (otherwise non-gap Michaels).
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Posted 2018-October-13, 01:56

Same as others. Nice hand with concentrated values with H and C however no Mikael first implies no 55, so 64 then.

I suspect 1534 could be ok if really good H/C and max Jxx D, or 2524 that was just short of a power double, but those cases are probably rare so a minimum hand could be

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Posted 2018-October-13, 09:39

Sir,in my opinion, as we play it, should show 6H and 4C with all HCP well divided between the two suits.
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Posted 2018-October-13, 10:29

Double would promise extra values - happy for partner to pass for penalties (with a suitable hand). Bidding a new suit shows shape and playing strength, but not defensive strength (not wanting partner to pass for penalties). Failure to use Michael's suggests that hearts are longer than clubs (6+ hearts).
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