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So invented by you.

And your evidence for this comment Mr Whereagles is.....?

You can avoid this by not bidding 3C on this rubbish. That is a big overbid.

1D and rebid 2C.

4S. Even thinking about more is a huge overbid.

I totally agree with the comments made by the two posters above, particularly with the hog's comments. Saying a bid is a gf does not make it so. This is a 1NT bid unless you lack hand evaluation skills.

It is quite obvious that 3 om was meant. Your comment is snide and puerile. Bidding 3NT is no thing of beauty either. If you have to bid 3NT on these stronger hands you have no room to explore anything. Anyway what do you you do with 18/19, bid 4NT?

There are a number of points here. If there had been no intervention, what would you bid? 2D I guess. So now you make the same bid one level higher. This shows that the 2S bid cant be weak but has to be forcing to game with one exception and that is responder rebidding his suit. With a lesser hand you would have to make a negative double. Another method is to play a system which one poster above described. Responders lower ranking suits are forcing, and higher ranking suits are non forcing. This is not uncommon and works well. No poster has yet responded to my claim that if you make a wide ranging 2NT rebid the auction is virtually forced to 4NT if opener has 16 or 17. Mr Vmpyr, appeals to authority cut no ice with me. If they did everyone in the world would be playing Meckstroth style Big Club, wouldnt they?

This is an interesting thread. I have played Acol for a long time and successfully in National Championships. To play a 2NT rebid s just showing a stopper and not as 15-17 is unworkable, the comments made by previous posters aside. Lets say you have a reasonable 16count. With this you are forced to bid 3NT playing your style, because 2NT shows a minimum and can be passed. If you don't bid 3NT and partner raises to 3NT you are then almost forced to bid 4NT to show the additional values. Anyway 3NT takes up too much room and does not allow for sensible exploration.I know of noone who plays it the way some people above have described it.

Did not one poster post this: "As for the difference between x xxx and xx xx, it may not be as much as you think and could even be a trick weaker"?

I totally agree with Hog's evaluation here. This is a 2 heart bid in my book. The hand with a singleton would be worth 3 hearts.

At this vulnerability I would certainly pass.

3NT is clearly off the planet. Based on a previous post of yours you presumably bid 6♦. I don't know whether I agree with this. If they double, 6♠ may well prove to be expensive.

Idiocy is a little strong. Had the expression "a beginner's bid" been used, this would have been more accurate.

Others also feel the 2S bid was a bad misbid, op.

Does this mean that you play a system in which a subsequent 2♥ bid is non forcing? If so, then 2♣ is right for you. However if you play that 2♥ is forcing, then how will partner ever "be able to figure out my shape later"?

1♥ Why would you contemplate anything else?

I play this and this is standard here. I assume you intend this as a splinter. As opener will often have values in the suit opened, this approach seems sub optimal to say the least. Anyway this is hijacking a thread.

I agree with this. This is not a difficult hand to bid unless you deliberately set out to make it difficult After 3♦ 3♥ I will just bid 6NT. Over 3♦ 4♣ I will bid 4♠ Key card.

I would bid 2♥ at MPs and pass at Imps. I will not be that pleased if 3♥ comes back to me, but that is life.

Double should be played for takeout, but that is not a good call here. You have an excellent Diamond suit and we should let partner know that.

No it is not worth a reverse and it is a long way away from that. This is a 2S bid.

Burgay invented and played played a strong Diamond system; I played against this a bit. It was quite effective and had nothing to do with any forcing pass system. I think there are still some copies floating on the web.

I really dislike 1-2-3 stop. Half the time you are one level higher and the opponents would not have bid anyway. In this case - competition - I do play this as pre emptive.