pooltuna

maybe I should have been more specific and said your ♦ spots are wanting since this is your most likely place to play

1. call 3♠ because first that will make your partner play it and second your 5-2♠ fit rates to take more tricks than your 2-5♥ fit. 2. 3♣, tempt the opponents to get too high partner rates to be near 1336 and R vs W 2♣ calls need to be the nuts.

Bad Fluffy. Stop trying to show love and affection for your opps by jumping on his leg. :blink: Seriously, pass is pretty clear IMO.

12 + 3 = 15? Looks like enough? And it even has good controls, ie no jacks. How could this problem be here? Open your opening bids. Qx = 2? If you are downgrading for that you are surely upgrading for the heart ten, the 5 card suit, and the great controls. But anyway casino/pearson points (aka rule of 15) specifically mention high card points at any links I can find. This is really a borderline hand and while I am a firm believer in the Pearson count this one has several negative features like only 5 major suit cards and really ugly spot cards. Consequently I would reluctantly pass but have no real problem if partner chose to open.

This seems like a reasonable choice to me and probably what I would do IRL (And Fluffy did what on the Karpet!!? :blink: )

Your range for a 1♦ overcall is too large. You need to read up on take out doubles and incorporate a reasonable strategy to handle this type of hand. Such a strategy will normally involve starting with an X and have a NT rebid.

North for misbidding his opening call. South for no longer trusting North's 1NT call to actually be in range.

too much guesswork I take the probably money with X and run.

That's if it lived to survive trick 2. Many would have set this at trick 2 when they cashed their 2nd ♦ the A.

This is my Touc on it too. I wouldn't mind Xing so much, but I am not sure I really want partner to jump to 6♥ in a contested auction

no problems with either 1 or 2 ♠

that's simple I don't read this crap :)

I'll Justin that :)

maybe you would prefer mastermind?

after your partner finished spewing I would tell him his brown eyes are blue and thus he must now be a quart or two low.

did anyone else "roger that" B)

why does North think he is suddenly captain after 1♠?

not me. Partner will striving to figure out which major to lead anyway

you mean "meow meow" right? Unless you are a duck ...clothing :rolleyes:

if you have no double to guide you, how do you know the opps are missing an ace and why would you assume they are stupid enough to bid a grand missing a needed control?

probably a ♣

show the stopper you have?

I would respond 2♠ with either example hand as this has the look of a potential misfit and I don't want partner getting too excited

you can't bid 1NT over 1♦ if you are not playing Walsh and many would frown on it even if they were. I would expect responder to pass 1NT if scoring is MPs and call 2♦ if it were IMPS

IMO not forcing and should be unclear who is making what. Yes, X is an opinion that it is not making but it is too dangerous to try and transfer the responsibility to partner in nebulous auctions like this.