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No it'd be the Secretary Bird insisting on the penalty even to his own demise while the Hog or Papa the Greek "kindly" would be trying to forego any penalty. It'd be Karapet as the Rabbit's partner in this case (as his luck can never go right).

Ok, so you hold: KJT4, QJ94, Q843, 9 All red, partner deals: P-(1♦)-P-(P) 2♥-(3♦)-?? (how does the fact she's a passed hand change the above discussion?)

That's pretty impressive. The fact that you agreed with her was impressive too.

Pass in not a LA. Bidding 3NT is a show of strength and nothing else (alert or not). Bypassing the 3♣ relay says that the doubler had a GF in his own hand. Not bidding a suit while bypassing 3♣ says that it's a balanced GF. 4♠ is the easy (and only) option with an invitational hand with 5 spades...this hand should be thinking that slam is a possibility, and should finish describing their hand to partner--by bidding 4♠ they show a hand with 5 spades and more points than a hand bidding 2♠ instead of Lebensohl.

Jillybean back out?

What's TTASL?

The joke is that the responses weren't unanimous.

What are some standard treatments for a jump bid in balancing seat. For example: (1♦)-P-(P)-2♥?

At the rate some bills are being discussed, you may not need to move.

I've never seen a system where this hand is a reverse. It may exist, but I do not know it. I would bid 2♠.

Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet? Don't get caught up in "the name", rather the meaning. It's trying to find the best place to play, and asking for a heart stopper. It's not Lebensohl, but it does have some not dissimilar qualities.

number of +1's you get on all your posts. So basically meaningless. The user rating actually means something because people can give you a bad rating (as opposed to reputation where you can't get -1)

4 spades seems correct to me.

I bid 1♥. I see no reason to blast any higher level, as the opps have failed to bid spades, so likely don't have a fit to outbid my suit. I don't want to double.

Timo, there may still be partners lurking for you.

I'll lead the club ten.

Yes, colonial diplomacy was fun. Some extra rules with the suez canal and the siberian railroad. It wasn't as small as the original map, and so amazingly took even longer to play.

I'll bid 3♥ splinter. I don't like splintering with a stiff ace, but it's the fastest way to GF and show spade support.

Love the title. I'll lead the heart T.

I do bid 6♣, and then I bid 7♦.

My favorite site is www.diplomacy.ca, I'd be happy to have a BBF game.

True? False? Still taking all bets!

Adding a comment to a thread to bump it to the top of the new content, thus bringing it to people's attention again.

It's the type of hand that in "classic" 2♣ systems would be passing a 2NT rebid or bidding the cheapest minor after a suit rebid. It's just showing 0-3 HCP no king (in general). Basically useless unless a magic fit is found with the strong hand. Since the strong hand here has no shape, seems like no fit is to be found. I'd count on partner for 0-1/2 of a defensive trick.

Welcome to the forums elef. This has been discussed before and roundly rejected. I cannot find the old threads, but maybe someone else can.