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I take Double at high levels to show up-values but 2xS-losers. I choose 4NT to hear partner's minor, then 5H.

With partnership style, Double denies S-fit with values. Now I-I-I have a real problem.

Naw, go all the way to Tangerine Club.

Agree gwnn. Don't rush D:AJ into 3NT with 3S available. Let 6xclubs semi-solid, try this stop.

I agree your frustration. Some 80+years ago, bridge nabobs(Ely, Charles) speculated opening bid, game, slam, partial, penalty double. Has this been checked with the massive computing power now available? Should be decades already done! Agree helene_t, GIB gets most comparisons (eg. 1N: 12-14 OR 15-17) accurate to 1::1000+. That's "what's in the cards". The challenge is how close to "what's in the cards" one's bidding system gets.

Keep the garbage out whatever sign-in, relearn, refamiliarize I need to do. Thanks.

Your most common goal is 3NT. Play 2M as stop: is this the suit you fear, partner? Or can you support this M? Try hard for the 3NT on running minor.

Shows 4xS any shape. But I like agreeing sty2000 Checkback finds 4xS after bal rebids 1N.

Don't you always get Heart to HA, and H-ruff on these hands? Or HA +CQ lose when S:0-4? Prefer to be in 6S. Partner has only SQ+HQ to promote. Tough.

Wait til the hand is over to try to unscramble the UI. This random 1N intent cannot hope to win any UI challenge.

What's my C-splinter bid over 2N? I try that.

"There comes a point where 2♣ natural seems more attractive than Michaels." --shevek Unless their 1C shows both majors, isn't this game 'Majors win' most often? Why would you hope 4C over their 3M, 5C over their 4M wins? Only if 6xC tricks for 3NT. Pre-note to nitpickers: this is not about 3C,4C,5C over 1C but 2C.

We'd find 6D. 1C F1 frees 2D for real 5+D. C-short next. Partner sees M-AKAK. Not C-void for grand.

Look at the overcall structure. Most of the weak interfering bids immediately seem effective. Untangle a few strong cases:. I'm thinking 1H as no space used can have strong cases. Dbl has other strong cases. Q-bid then some rebids are strong (2-suiters). 2NT as big H+2nd seems to fit.

I already had a bid over 1S to deny interest in hearts (that would be T/O dbl) and show middling points. Didn't do that and stuck here. Partner did not double to get hearts in consideration, so I fear Dbl or 3C gets them into their better H-fit --maybe 4H. I trust partner didn't 2C on 6-nothing, I try 3N.

First, show 2nd suit when partner asked 2nd suit? So, 3D and wanting to get them in with C-void. Min would pass or double to accent DT. Second, 1H-1N(F1) almost always locates a S-fit for opponents. Here 5xS and the worst fit: 2xS, but escape in 5xC --some shape to take advantage of opponents picturing this hand for us. Wouldn't 4xS North bid 1S instead of 1N? Wouldn't Flannery opener show 4S5H? Neither done this hand.

Liking this idea. Similar to suit-prefer where entry is when driving out declarer's stop. Here D8, then D5 =Spade, conversely 2-5 = club, extending 5-8 or 5-2 for a heart?

Are you expanding on Roudi's rules? How much side knowledge to sway alternate play? EG. weak2 by LHO swings a 1-4 safety play to "best"

Try Yellow Rose of Texas follow-ups to Texas. Shape shown/known, 4 or 5 controls guaranteed. CONFIT else.

Starting backwards. What do you want to do well? M-game decisions? Pick the clarifying bids to help that. Slams? Pick those picture bids strong. Hard in partials? Pick light shapely bids. Then unused options are second tier goals: slam tries selected eg. 3C free it is light-shapely to put a toe in advantage there.

Yellow Rose of Texas Try that.

Always tempted, hope I'm wiser. The plans that picture sets, wouldn't partner be doubling? He's there. He knows IMP penalties. He knows this hand has D-escape.

I try 3C showing hearts then 4S. It's not three small spades that I like, but HAK and C-single.

"8. Numbers 4 through 10 under RESPONSES AND REBIDS above APPLY TO BOTH PAIRS." --GCC Does 'both pairs' mean the trivial N-S and E-W? Or does it mean the overcalling side AND the opening side? The advancer to OC, T/Odbl and the responder to opening bid?

An artificial (2xClubs. Natural must promise 3+clubs) 2C GF? Now what would the 2D GF look like in contraposition? How different from 2C GF? Surely not also 2xD? Artificial some other way controls /trumps / points? Develop these like Swiss raises? What rebids then show real 4-5x clubs or 6+clubs --the real suit cases?