kylekatarn

It was on BridgeBaseOnline so I believe the standard there is Duplicate IMPs.

Just played a hand that looked like this. 6spades, 6diamonds, singleton in hearts, void in clubs. My Honor points were 6 (holding a king in each of the 6-ers). RHO opened the bidding at 1 club. I was bewildered on how to respond to show my partner the length in my suits. If I had used the Michaels cue bid I would show Hearts + Spades, not Spades + Diamonds. In the end I settled on a takeout double, but that just seemed inaccurate (since my point values were too low to open of my own accord). How could I have described that hand better?

Just played a match with a random partner. My hand was roughly 13-14 HCP (I don't remember exactly) with 5 clubs, AQ1087, a tripleton in spades Q109 and a doubleton in hearts. I opened 1 club. Opponent passed. My partner responded 1 spade. Holding three spades, I responded 2 Spades. Holding only 5 clubs I did not have enough club support to rebid my suit. The bid ended at 2 Spades. When I saw my partner's hand I noticed he had 4 spades and 4 clubs (KJ96). Now, clearly our club fit was much stronger, possibly being able to make a 3 or 4 club contract. However according to bridge norms there is no way for me to rebid my club suit without 6 cards in the suit and my partner, holding 4 spades, would much rather bid his major than support my minor (despite having 4 card support). My question is, how can we make this a minor suit contract?