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Hi, I played this hand as South this evening and needed to accept afterwards that everyone on the table but me supposed my last call( which I did not post so far) to be sick! I wonder how I should handle this... Would appreciate your comments... [hv=pc=n&s=saj9853hdk8ckt742&d=w&v=e&b=16&a=1d2c3d(preemptive)3s4c(strong%2C%20forcing)d(club%20values)4d5c5dpp]180|260|now what?[/hv]

thanks, at the table I bid 5♥ which was down 1 (doubled) and 4♠ would have been down 1 or 2.

Hi, i want to know if I should risk a bid after the opponents bid 4♠.The double shows 4♥s... [hv=pc=n&s=s5hq742daqt42ckq5&d=s&v=b&b=7&a=1d1sd4s]160|210[/hv] kind regards

With this hand I want to play 4♠ and not invite partner with 2♠ or 3♠(if possible). For example I'd bid 2♠ with KJxx xx Kxxx Qxx without giving it a second thought and I think this hand is stronger: I can assume at least a 9 card-spade fit so with the two doubletons(even though partner might also be short in hearts) and the two aces I count like 12-13 points for this hand in a spade contract. Therefore I insist upon game opposite partners takeout-double. Maybe we play our takeout-doubles too conservative but I think 4♠ will make most of the time if my p doubles here... I prefer to bid 2♥ compared to 4♠ as I have two aces which might be valuable on defense. I don't really want partner to "save" if they bid 5♥ or similar.4♠ is rather preemptive in our methods...

This seems to be really difficult. Can see the point of the 2♣ bid, which I intuitively chose, too. Partner will not expect auch an extreme hand when you bid 3♦ as he only knows 6 cards (good point), compared to 10 cards when you manage to bid 1♦,2♣ and 3♦. Thus he will bid 3NT too often when 5 Minor is preferable because he will also bid 3NT with only one stop in the other major, not expecting me too need so much help there (e.g. Axxx Qxx xxx Qxx or Kxxx Jxx Ax Qxxx will not even think about exploring 5 of a minor). On the other hand I think even though 2♣ can be bid with 18HCP partner does not have a rebid with every 8-9 or even 10-count. If he does not have a fit for any of my minors he might pass with say KQxx QJxx xx Jxx or similar, even with a 10-count 2NT would be quite agressive because opposite a minimum 2NT might be in danger from his point of view with 22 combined HCP and no fit... Whereas after 3♦ Partner has an easy 3NT with this hand. In addition to this ops will find the right lead most of the time when I bid diamonds and clubs but will lead a club once in a while against 3NT when I keep quiet about my club suit.... All in all I think it is pretty close. I think I lean towards bidding 3♦ but am not sure if it is really best.

Thanks for the answers. Fortunately I didn't play in 2♣. As far as I remember my partner could rebid 2NT and we played 3, which made. Both ways lead to success here, because partner has something. Anyway I am now convinced that 3♦ is a better description of my hand with a 3 card difference in the suits. To further support this I can add that I sometimes bid 1♦ followed by 2♣ with 5 clubs and 4 diamonds to avoid rebid problems after 1♣ - 1Major by partner. So Partner will probably pass 2♣ too often... kind regards

Hi again, think I fixed it now. I'm not really familiar with this software so give me some tries :). best regards

Hi guys, I held this hand today and wondered what I should rebid. It has a lot of trick potential but both majors are unstopped. I did not want to bid 3♦ on such a shape, thus I tried 2 ♣ hoping to be able to get in 3♦ later.... What are your thoughts about this? kind regards [hv=pc=n&s=sthkdkqj9873cak42&d=s&v=b&b=7&a=1dp1sp]300|300[/hv]