Walddk, on May 31 2005, 04:05 AM, said:
Example 1:
2N: Natural, diamond side suit, not 3 hearts.
3♣: Natural, not 3 hearts, no spade stopper.
3♦: Natural, not 3 hearts, no spade stopper.
3♥: 3-card support, strong club suit.
3♠: 18-19 balanced, no spade stopper.
Example 2:
2♠: 3-card support, strong club suit.
2N: Natural, diamond side suit, not 3 spades.
3♣: Natural, not 3 spades, no heart stopper.
3♦: Natural, not 3 spades, no heart stopper.
3♥: 18-19 balanced, no heart stopper.
I know that there are more sophisticated continuations, but I want to keep it simple. All the above should be pretty easy to remember.
If opps double 4th suit things change a little as far as a stopper in 4th suit is concerned. Now Manco (described by me in an earlier post) applies.
Roland
So, Roland, is it like that ?
Example 1:
2N: Natural, diamond side suit, not 3 hearts.
With a ♠ stopper I suppose ?
3
♣: Natural, not 3 hearts, no spade stopper.
So, 2-2-4-5 or x-x-4-6 ?
3
♦: Natural, not 3 hearts, no spade stopper.
So, x-x-5-6 ?
3
♥: 3-card support, strong club suit.
3
♠: 18-19 balanced, no spade stopper.
Example 2:
2
♠: 3-card support, strong club suit.
2N: Natural, diamond side suit, not 3 spades.
With a ♥ stopper I suppose ?
3
♣: Natural, not 3 spades, no heart stopper.
So, 2-2-4-5 or x-x-4-6 ?
3
♦: Natural, not 3 spades, no heart stopper.
So, x-x-5-6 ?
3
♥: 18-19 balanced, no heart stopper.
And by inference :
1
♣ 1
♥/
♠
2NT
=
18-19 No ♦ side suit and ♠/♥ stopper ?
Alain