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1. No 2. Yes

Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.

Since this is a problem hand, the ♦A must be right!

I really like a style that bids 2♠ with this hand.

I've been wondering the same thing.

wat? Not sure what you mean. Perhaps not liking to be able to show spades/clubs before 2S is reached? Not sure if I like this structure or not. It has the advantage of emphasizing majors (where we can compete most easily). It has the advantage of showing the major before the minor with a 2-suiter (contrasted to DONT) and it differentiates hands with both majors (i.e. which 5/4 pattern is longer). It has the disadvantage in getting too high with clubs or minors or S/C and it gives up a penalty double and it doesn't transfer suits so as to put opener on lead. the bolded part was not explained.

lol if real

wat?

6♠ looks like plenty to me, and it seems somewhat trivial to get there.

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♦2 was clearly SP. Your HOF partner comes from a different generation where, apparently, signals don't mean the same thing anymore. I don't think this is a problem with "what partner needs to know" but rather partner simply didnt know what answer he was looking for. Bramley gave us a similar anecdote about a time when he needed to know SP and partner gave it on opening lead instead of in trumps like would be standard now.

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I'll take a stab. In the first auction double would clearly be penalty, given you've already made one penalty double. 4NT should then be take out, showing a 2 or 3 suiter and partner should bid the lower of his suits. With the two suiter, if partner bids one of your short suits, you correct to your long suit to convey your hand type. Double is penalty, like I said, and partner's double would also be penalty. So his failure to double suggests that double with your hand is very risky. Whether or not you should bid 4NT, I'm not sure. For it to be right requires a lot of distribution from partner, and there is no reason to expect he doesnt have some ♠ length. I'd probably just pass and try to go plus. On the second one, 4NT shows 2 places to play.

fit jumps please.

you wouldnt rebid ♦ with 3163?

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some really good posts itt

How many diamonds do you think partner has? If it's 7, you don't care if partner hast he queen. If it's 6, you do care. Right? W Correct. He could have Txxxxx, in which case I might go low road. There's no reason to expect him to have 7, although he certainly could have 7.

I won't get to 7♥, but I will get to 7♦ via 5♠ 5NT (0) 6♣ (Q?) 7♦ (yes)

I would think 1♠ 2♦; 3♦ 4♦ should be minorwood, except that it's not a jump and is therefore a notable exception to the guideline.

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This is a very reasonable guideline with the caveat that it will be nearly impossible to use when the minor is bid as a 2/1 call after a major opener.

Splinters in someone's suit agrees trumps unless you then immediately show support for partner's suit that you haven't been able to support yet. A lot of people play the next suit above 4m as RKC (ie, 4♦ would be RKC in this auction), but that's up to you. You can see how it clarifies auctions like this, sort of, but it isn't without its own problems. Personally I think 4♣ should be RKC in this auction if that's what you agreed to play, but I suspect it's not the best treatment. Edit: Nep beat me. Slow pony is slow.

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