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thx for the link

How do you use to play after opponents redouble?...Do you have any agreement? (1X)-dbl-(Rdbl)- ? 1. pass is for playing this contract?...does it depending if x= minor or major?...what is the meaning of 1Y bidding?...2/3Y-jump bidding?...2NT?...the cuebid? 2. will be a different scheme for their (2X) oppening?

seems to be ok

sry Jan, I don't understand why can't play 2NT as "let's play your minor, don't like your major" and 3m= as natural, my own suit, tried to fit the major...how could you bid with : xx, Axxx, -, KJ109876 when you heard that pd has 4 cards in spade? how good could be to play 2NT as natural vs. their 1NT oppening in these days when every 2NT seems to be something else then "natural" ?

I played this convention 5 years ago...sometimes very good results, sometimes disasters...now I have 2 good friends of mine who play Obvious Shift...my oppinion is that only a very old relationship should play this convention and after loooong discutions only...the worst thing regarding of this convention is that sometimes you should choice the smalest disaster from a hand which doesn't know anything...sometimes you lead and partner make an signal...you'll never know if that one is an agressive one or just a refusing for an alternative...sometimes you have Qxx and pd requires to play in this suit (the dummy has xxxx) and you'll play there and you'll make free way for the declarer...he doesn't need to find the position...you'll never know if the pd want's to play obviously there or doesn't like to continue the leadind suit...and finally I don't agree that a covention could generate disaster...I accept to not find everytime the perfect defence way, but I really hate to play a convention which sometimes could make me the only one player who will deliver a slam...and the players who use to play OS could confirm it

ok, I'll come from Romania to play with you...you have to pay everything:)

any nice developing ideeas about 1♥-1♠-2♥ ?

sry, didn't intend it...just try to find some agreements about it

I don't know which was the origine, for me is important to use this convention how much is possible...for 2-nd egg. the cue bid means 17-20 balanced or semibalanced with 4 cards support...If everybody wants to use it in his own understanding then it is ok, but I'm talking here about the well known "support double"...the real meanings is "3 cards support or any other strong hand without any other natural bidding" I could give you other recent hand: ♠xx♥AKxxx♦AKJx,♣Ax the bidding was: 1♥-(p)-1♠-(2♣)-? your choice?

I am trying to find a complete "support double" convention...I am sure that 99% of players use to play with support double but I don't know how many of them disscused with their partners the continuations. Let's suppose our hand: ♠KJx, ♥Axxxx, ♦Kx, ♣xxx and the bidding was: 1♣-(p)-1♥-(2♦)-DBL-(p)-? Do not forget that the partner could have one from these 2 hands: 1. ♠Axx, ♥Qxx, ♦xx, ♣AKxxx 2. ♠AQx, ♥Qx,♦xxx, ♣ AKQJx you could easy find more egg. with strong hands without ♦ stop, without 3 cards support in your major and withour other natural biddings maybe someone could recommend me some "support double" links or ideeas

I'll start the discussion with next hand: ♠Vxxx ♥Ax ♦xxx ♣xxxx LHO opened with 1♦, your pd overcalls with 1♥, LHO bid natural 2♦, you PASS (I suppose), LHO bid 3♦ and your partner DOUBLE what is your bidding?...why?...would be influenced by vulnerability?...could pd have ♠AKxx,♥Kxxxxx,♦x,♣Ax?...but ♠Axx,♥KVxxxx,♦x,♣AKx? I'm asking about your style because we meet a lot of these kinds of situation: 1) (1♦)-1♠-(2♦)-P-(P)-DBL-(P)-? 2)(1♦)-1♥-(2♦)-P-(P)-DBL-(P)-?

4 ♦...no other ideea

nice convention...I already heard about it...but does it works if the agreed suit is ♣ or ♦? let's suppose we have ♦ fit...4NT-5♠ (2KC w ♦Q)-5NT=kings asking...how do you answer?

I try to find a good way to ask about kings...how do you use to play?

ok, let's come back to the board...partner hand was: ♠xxx ♥- ♦AKx ♣Kxxxxxx result= +250 instead of +1440 as you can see 12 tricks in no trump...was a big "fight" between the commentators...a part of them agreed with this pas and doesn't like the partner's PASS, with the♣ suit...they argued the balanced pass with no a good suit for 3NT...maybe pd is 5440 with a very wak hand ...the others agreed no overcalling with a bad suit (K in 7 in a minor, only) and were unsatisfied about no balance with this strong hand my idea (also I like was the same with my pd's ideea): if they are vulnerable is easy to PASS...if not we'll bid 3NT...it is life, sometimes we hould pay the preempts...but I like to fall from Niagara...:)