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It's called a Michaels cuebid. A 5-5 hand pattern is described with a Michaels cuebid.

I have been playing abridge for quite some while now and there is one frustrating type of hand that cant be described using your actual GIB system... Say RHO opens 1C and I have a 6-7 LTC, a 5 or more cards suit with an exactly 4 cards suit of a higher ranking. Say 1453, 2452 or 1462. I cant double because I dont have the Spades, I cant show my 2 suits with a reverse, I'm too weak. If I bid my Diamonds I will probably loose the possible heart fit. I'm stuck ! It's an impossible hand to describe ! Solution... Forget weak jump overcalls. After RHO has oppened, LHO already has a pretty good idea of where to go. Play Roman Jump Overcalls (RJO). A jump overcall shows a 6-7 LTC, the suit bid plus the next higher ranking one. The higher ranking suit is always exactly 4 cards, the lower is 5+. Loop around from S to C skipping the opponents opening suit. This thing has real preemptive and descriptive value. So... On a 1C opening... 2D = H/4 & D/5+, 2H = S/4 & H/5+ and 2S = S/4 & D/5+ On a 1D opening... 2H = S/4 & H/5+, 2S = S/4 & C/5+ and 3C = H/4 & C/5+ On a 1H opening... 2S = S/4 & C/5+, 3C = D/4 & C/5+ and 3D = S/4 & D/5+ And a bit more risky... On a 1S opening... 3C = D/4 & C/5+, 3D = H/4 & D/5+ and 3H = H/4 & C/5+ But it does not have to be so messy if you also play equal level correction after a takeout double. Just plan your bidding accordingly.

Hi, As for BETSY I mentionned it just out of curiosity. I dont expect the GIB programmers to implement it. As for inverting the meaning of 2C and 2D in Cappelletti, it's not that far off ! If you play RJOs (Roman Jump Overcalls) on a 3C or 3D opening preempt by the opps... 2H, 3S and 3NT are to play. 4C (RJO)shows the majors. If Partner does not have a clear choise, he bids 4D to say you choose. 4D (RJO)shows a one suiter. Partner bids 2H to show a bust and 2S otherwise. So, RJOs and Cappelletti with 2C and 2D inverted are in line. Easyer on memory. But I dont expect to change the world :)

Cappelletti 2C and 2D bids are upside down. Playing ACBL robot duplicate I noticed that sometime GIB would bid 2D ovec 1NT showing 5-5 in the majors but having only a 5-4. That could be a major problem if partner has a 2-2, 3-2 or 3-3 in the majors. Knowing that GIB can have a 5-4, Partner might not know which suit to choose. Since showing a single suiter will always need a relay suit, whether 2C to 2D or 2D to 2H, you dont lose anything by using 2C to show a major 2 suiter. You gain because, not being shure which suit to choose, Partner can now bid 2D saying... I dont know which suit to choose... you choose. That way you wont endup in a 4-2 fit while having a 5-2 fit or a 4-3 fit while having a 5-3 fit. An even better system for overcalling over a strong 1NT is BETSY (Betting Enemy's Trump Suit Yourself) 2C (Stayman, Majors 5-4+) : 2D (can't choose, you choose) 2D => 2H 2H => 2S 2S (Strong 2 suiter, bid them up à la DONT) 2NT (Minors 5-5) X => 2C, on 2C... Pass (C's) 2D (D/6+, to play) 2H (H/4 & minor/6+) : 2NT (show minor) 2S (S/4 & minor/6+) : 2NT (show minor)