[whereagles]

One of the easiest 1NT bids of my life.. lol.

[coyot]

Gerben42, on Aug 14 2005, 04:02 PM, said:

First, Inverted minors are off when opponents interfere. This is because you have the cuebid as a forcing bid.

Second, You don't know if you have a fit.

Third, You do not have a stopper in their suit so 1NT is not a good idea. I'm still passing with 2♣ a second choice of which I am not particularly fond.

Speak for yourself

I still like to play inverted minors ON after interference (and know a lot of other ppl who do so) and it hardly causes problems.)

What could happen? We might end up in playing 3♣ on 7card (if partner has the worst possible shape without diamond stopper). But more likely we will end up in 2NT or in clubs on a fit.

I certainly don't want to pass with this hand (what would I do when partner reopens with double? Will he ever trust me to have so many points?) and there are not other good bids unless double is reserved for this type hand exactly (denying majors) - and I prefer to use double to promise both majors and 1M to deny the other - these hands happen more often than a hand with exactly this lousy shape...

[Fluffy]

For those who care partner held this time

♠Q9xx
♥Axx
♦Kxx
♣K10x

I doubled, aprtner bid 1♠, and I bid 2♣ ending the auction, it proved to be a bid disaster when partner didn't guess the trumps, who proved to be 5-1. +90 and +120 were the most common results, althou from partner's side (nobody was overcalling ).