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Bidding goes: 1S from left- prd bids 2D- RHO bids 2 S and u pass with S xxx, H A10xx, D Q9, C 10xxx. LHO passes and prd bids 2Nt. Parameters r Dbl from prd would have been T/O or strong hand any shape, 1Nt would have been 15-18 balanced and Michaels would have been split range either weak or strong but not intermediate. What does prd have and what shld i do now?

Pass. Prd must be max. for his 2♥ raise, but still his original bid was 2♥, i dont belive we have game here.

If u use Dbl in these sequence as TO or xfer, dont u rule out the possibility of penalizing opps of stepping in?

I know this place, i have been there before and almost always left there by beated to senseless. Prd has passed and i have 13 hcp. including two jacks. RHO bid a pre-empt and the guy with points sits on my left. If i double LHO a) bids 3Nt and after prds ♠ lead takes 9 tricks via ♦ finesse making satanic chuckling noises since we could have take first 8 tricks if prd launches his K of ♣ to the first trick. Variation b) LHO passes and prd jumps to 4 ♠ with his 5341 hand and 9 hcp. and LHO nails our coffin close by dbl. My choice would be 4♣ its a six card suit and over 4 ♦ if that is ever bid i can introduce my 4 card ♥. I know its not perfect solution and maybe not even best, but that is IMO this time :lol:

Just out of curiosity, what kind of a hand is unsuitable to take any action over 3♠, but is suitable to take action over 4 ♠? I play it as a penalty dbl, if we got robbed blind by 4♠ bid so be it. If prd couldnt act T/O over 3 ♠ he shld not try it over 4♠.

Ok i bid 4♦ and prd bid 5♣, oppss, well wheter s/he took 2♠ as 4th suit and promised some ♠ values by bidding 2Nt or not, im not going to play 5 ♣ nor 5 ♦ for that matter. I will bid 6 ♦. Prds next move is 6 Nt huh? I pass to that.

Apart from a miracle, i see no way to make this. Ok, if North i totally lunatic and has no reason for his dbl then, but this seems like S make his call with aided by void in ♠, its even clearer assumption since his suit is headed only by K and J. U r going to lose ♥ and ♦and if ♠ r 5-0....pheeew. In pairs competition this is simple since after the XX it dosent really matter how many u go down, in IMPs this need more careful scrutiny.

Nice place u have driven u self. Since u didnt open 1Nt ( which u shld have done if u play weak Nt). Every bid now on lies something, u just have to decide which lies less. Pass is out question, so is no-trump; which one is bigger of sins lie that u have 1 ♥ or 1 minor suit card more than u have. I my self would bid 2♥ cause that is negative possible rebid.

Im just afraid that prd will take charge nad blast us somewhere we might not belong. Lets say bidding goes 1♣- 1♠- 2♥- 3♦, what do u do now? 3♥ is a must i guess and now prd uses the Blackwood cannon and we end up say to 6Nt :rolleyes: . But after saying that i must confess that i dont see an other option than start with 1♣ and rebid ♥ over 1 ♠.If it goes to hell im prepared to defend my actions and i think reasonable prd will agree with me.

I would also open 1♣ and after prds 1♠ response cross my fingers and bid 2♥. Why cross my fingers, cause this hand will play very badly with misfit and in that case this aint even close to reverse IMO.If prds hand is say 5251 and he has round 14 points, this may end ver ugly. We have a gadget though after my 2♥ prd can ask with 2Nt, how good my "reverse" is, but will he ever belive that my hand is consist only 2 aces and a king and a jack...no i dont think so. But hey life aint perfect and neither r bidding systems and u do have to take some risks, lets hope this adventure ends well :D

Opnening 2♣ as forcing i guess is quite hard, when u RHO had already opened 1♥. Difficult; u can probaply rule the Grand slam out, its hard to imagine a hand where prd has 2 aces and a king and has passed. 4Nt would be both minors in our system, it used to be specific aces asking, but we change it. 4 must be forcing, but what is prd going to bid it, if LHO passes his/hers bid is forced and if LHO bid 5♥ he would probaply pass or bid 5♠. If we bid 3♥we let LHO in even cheaper, and prd will not have any good bid left. Good problem.

IMO this is a no-brainer, and its not wheter its going to make or not nor getting a blind lead or stuff like that. Everybody else r going to bid it, question is do i want to gamble and bid just a part score, nope so howl with a pack and bid xfer and raise it to game.

In our system, 1Major- 3Nt is strictly define as 4441 or 5440 shortness in opening suit and no 5 cards in other major 14-16. Jump in 3Nt consumes so much bidding space that its better to make it as descriptive as possible.

Ditto, why 2♠ ? Now i must try to guess right contract, luckily 6Nt is higher contract than 6 ♠.