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Perhaps it is time to swithc the meanig of dbl and 1NT, i.e, 1N for shape takeout, x only shows strength. With shapy hand, you are willing to commit to play, but x is more flexible when u have strength.

I think I would not pass 3N. but i will pass 5Dx. From pd's point-of-view, 3N maybe right. But he also has to think about what you will think about 3N. You are not bidding alone. IN F2F, a loud 3N could acheive this effect though:).

I think it is not quite close. Dbl could be wrong this time, but in long run it should win out.

No obvious choice, though I vote for HJ, this could be very costly. Pd rates to have at least 4 hearts. HJ

2C then 2N looks good. What is the 2N opening range?

Dbl. I would never pass with this hand.

I wont. AAKK are suit oriented, arent they?

Most of Acol books, I think, didnt touch the 2nd or 3rd round bidding.

Ah, sry for my bad memory.

Looks like I cannt answer ur question but you can answer some my questions. Mauro, is Hardy's adv. biddding for 21st century good? I have his std bidding for 21st century, but my feeling is this book is very poorly organized and only touch very basic issues. So I wonder if the adv bidding book is worth to read. Thanks in advance. Hongjun

do u really think pd will pass ur invitation with the 2nd hand?

I would say you shold decline pd's invitation. AKQ in one suit without small cards is never good.

1, 5H, That is what i would bid over 4S. So i bid it now. 2, pass, pd rates to have some spade fit but he didnt bid 2S. He must have a broke hand. Dbl is close I must say. 3, dbl, if pd pass it, that is fine. I do have some def. tricks. 4, i think now you know the result of opening 1C rather than 1D. Now I have to bid 2D. 5, 4C,this should be forcing. 6N is not out yet.

Transfer doesnot solve every question, suppose you transfer 2H to 2S, LHO bid 4D. What should pd do and what would you do if it is passed over to you? I'll just bounce that question back: what happens if you bid 2♠ and LHO bids 4♦? What should partner do and what would you do if it's passed over to you? Come on, what's the difference?? :) Maybe you should think before asking silly useless questions. This has nothing to do with transfers anyway... hehe, did I say I bid 2S?

Transfer doesnot solve every question, suppose you transfer 2H to 2S, LHO bid 4D. What should pd do and what would you do if it is passed over to you?

Dear Civil, I would appreciate if you can lecture on this question rather than make some brutal claim. Thanks. Hongjun

That is true. But you don't know partner has a 7 card suit when you double. So you have to allow for all manner of possible hands for partner if you contemplate a double. Eric what mike means is that the 7-card holder should bid it out even knowing there is a 44fit.

First, partner may have only 1 ♠, second, partner may have six spades. We don't know what partner has, his reopening double just shows, roughly, an opening hand unsuited for a jump in a new suit. His 2♥ bid could be any monster hand where he is seeking more information. Maybe he wants to see if we have a meaty 8 or 9 point hand. Maybe he wants to see if we have a heart stopper. I don't know what he has. This time, he had 3♠, next time he will have, [hv=s=sakjtxxhdakqxxcxx]133|100|[/hv] Needless to say, he will not be overjoyed playing 2♥ minus one on club force when you are laydown for 6♠. Pass 1♥ is wrong, pass 2♥ is wrong, and it iswrong, even on the few hands were it turns out right as it destroys partnership confidence. The last thing I want to worry about when I make a forcing cue-bid of the opponents suit is will my partner mastermind the hand and pass... .that will have a chilling effect on my bidding. ben Ben, I am sure you either just get up or gooing to sleep. :D Otherwise you wont give such a hand for opening 1D and then dbl 1H.

Dbl here only promise spade, so bidding club is wrong in my view. I think 4D shows the hand. It invites pd to game as it is a jump bid. I think 5D is too unilateral. After all, pd didnt deny club either.

4S for me after I figured out who is who. PD has 4card spt in this seq. Otherwise he will cue 2D.

sitting south you hold S: AT6432 H: J9 D: 52 C: K92 W N E S 1D 2C P ?? DO YOU 1) raise pd to 3C 2) bid 2S. 3) 2D shows good raise. TIA. Hongjun

To Ron and Ben, From the bidding pd has 3card spade only, and he also has one heart at least. I cannot understand why 6-1 would be worse than 33 spade fit. RHO has heart suit, not LHO. I think 2H is much better than 2s. Burn's rule says ur trump shld be at least longer than opps. You have JT of trumps, opp can have 4trump tricks at most. you can ruff club. To PHil, passing 1H x is not silly I think. You just cannot have 4144 12hcp from the auction, where are those honour cards? Even if it is the case, I think 1Hx will be better than any contract get dbled.

I think I would pass the dbl. Now what do I do? I dont know. Pass is my choice, if I get dbled, then i will run to 2S. This should stop pd to bid 3 or 4S. He seems to have a good hand with 3card spade spt.

If you have bergen's better bidding with bergen-uncontested auction or Root and Pavalick's modern bridge convention, check it and they have discussion about this. Generally, after opp's overcall, if it is below 4D, then any suit bid shoud show good 5+card suit and 5+HCP. If it is beyond 4H(inclusive), then pass is encouraging. Dbl is a warning call, ask pd to beware to carry on. Regarding hands you gave here, i would bid as follows. Other posters may have better agreement. 1. 5H, this hand could have a slam if pd has some fit. 2. Dbl. 3. Pass, after pd's dbl or suit bid, bid 5H, this should show slam interest. 4. 5H. 5. pass, this is difficult, with such a balanced hand, i dont think there is much chance that RHO could bid 4S. Pd will dbl or bid suit, if pd dbl, I dont know what is right, perhaps pass is right. If pd bid a suit, I think I will raise to 6. 6. Pass, then bid 6H. 7. 5H. 8. 5S, this shows short S and ask pd to pick other suit. Apparently this is only my answer. In practice I dont think you will account such difficult problem so often. These question, as Junyi and Ben said, is better to talk to pd about this. These questions are not those common sense one. If opp overcall 2M, then pass could show a poor hand, if you have a suit with 5+HCP, you should try to bid it out asap. Hongjun

With 1st hand, i think pass first is encouraging. Dbl should say: pd lets def, i may have nothing. THis hand is very good and has slam potential facing a 2c opener. So I will pass, which is forcing. 2nd hand, I think you may blast to 6N if you dont want to cause any confusion. Regarding 3rd hand, I agree with blasting to 6c. We may go down a lot, we may make 7c. HOpe pd have at least singleton high club card.