rogerclee

(1♦) - P - (1♠) - Dbl (2♣) - Dbl - (P) - 3NT AP

1♠, 2♣ seriously did not even occur to me, and I've been fielding Han's 2♣ openers for some time.

Did this come up in a Seniors event?

I don't get why people's opinions' are so strong in this thread (especially mikeh!), when this is just a question of our agreement. If we play that 2♦, 3♦ shows 15+ HCP and 3♦ shows 11-14, which seems rather normal to me, then wow what do you know, we have a 3♦ bid!

I guess I'm out there, double > 3N > 4♥ with the south hand. Of course north gets no blame, this would have been better posed as a bidding problem for the south hand since north's double was very routine.

I think you have written some interesting things, here are two comments that are hopefully useful to you: 1) Because your 2♣ opener is so often an actual suit instead of a random balanced hand, you should consider switching to a control style response scheme, perhaps even one where opener has the option to relay information about responder's hand. 2) I think if you are going to relay after opener rebids 2♠, you should bid 2N more often than you probably are right now. The extra space is worth a lot in my opinion, moreso than potential wrongsiding in some level of NT, which you are not even going to be playing that often. This is especially true if you have already responded 2♦ to show 6+ points, which means there is basically no way 3N is going down.

2N can be a lot of things, I play it's strong with both minors. 2N in your second auction is as normal, invitational.

Thought this was an easy pass?

play against non-B/I opponents

Finesse, play for a double squeeze while hoping that my opponents don't duck two rounds of spades. Edit: Oh I thought it was 6N, lol. In 6♣ I win and play a small spade from dummy.

I would bid 3♦ under the given methods and then change my methods. I dislike a style that doesn't bid 1NT with opener's hand, but if you don't, you should make 1♠ the artificial force instead of 2♠, for reasons that should be all too obvious now.

Why is it our hand? Maybe I just dodged a bullet by passing instead of bidding 1NT.

♣x Even if a spade is "right" in that it allows us to set up a trick, declarer may be able to pitch spades from dummy (dummy has at most 3) and ruff his losers in that suit anyway. I think a club is the best shot at beating it.

4♠, maybe it makes, maybe it's a good save against 4♥, maybe it gives one of my opponents a tough decision. This decision is not close to me.

I reflected for about a minute as suggested and still found this to be very uninteresting. Would've bid 1NT, now I pass.

I think should should be a general force (you should at least have one way to show a general game force). Maybe this is offtopic, I'd recommend lebensohl off over 2♦.

Exclusion, I'm surprised people think this can be to play. That said if my partner is not an experienced player then this is to play.

yes, double

I would double and I don't really get why I might want to bid 5♦ when 1) I have no aces and two small spades. 2) I am happy to pass 3NT if partner bids that over my double. 2) I can always get to 5♦ later.

obvious 3N

3NT, thanks for putting partner in second seat at equal vul.

LOL

I think bidding 3NT is not treating partner like a moron, it is treating partner like he doesn't know we have a great potential trick source in diamonds with two outside aces.

4♦, majors. I'll back in with 5♥ and hope that this is a reasonable description.

4♣ instead of 3♠ was obvious. 5♣? I think 4m is natural and 4♥ is a strong spade raise.