Enough to act over a weak two?

[MickyB]

[hv=d=w&v=n&s=skh7da97432caj965]133|100|Scoring: XIMP

(P)-P-(2♥)-?[/hv]

 

RHO's weak two is wide-ranging and undisciplined. Are you going to act?

[000002]

No way to show 2 suits under 4♥, even 3nt.

this is the reason to pass .

[Winstonm]

I hate this problem. :P Already I've broken tempo. My hand is deceptive in that despite its shape it is more defensive than offensive in nature - the two aces are tricks and the spade K is more useful as a defensive card to build a trick. But at the same time, in partner's hand two key cards and a fit could produce a game.

 

Overall, you don't get rich letting the opponents push you around in the bidding so I'm bidding 3D - if I get a chance to bid clubs at the 4 level I'll do that, but if LHO jump to 4H and it is passed back to me I'll try to beat it - I don't want to get pushed around at the lower levels but I also have to keep my wits and not be pushed into an expensive phantom save. Unless partner can show a big fit my hand is useful for defending - so that is what I do.

 

Winston

[pbleighton]

Pass.

 

Peter

[Blofeld]

3♦ ; feel it's too easy to get robbed passing here. Willing to accept that 3♦ will sometimes lead to a bad result.

[mike777]

Pass partner can balance with 2 spade bid with 9-10 hcp and short H and I can bid nf 3d then.

[awm]

I'll bid 3♦, and this is not particularly close in my style. Partner will expect me to push a bit holding short hearts. I don't expect partner to balance 2♠ on a ten count with length in hearts.

[Gerben42]

3♦ to stop partner from doing something more unsuccessful. (He won't know it will be unsuccessful of course)

[Guest Jlall]

3D. I do not pass with 6-5 with the aces of my suit. Way too much playing potential. If partner bids the expected 3N I will not sit but maybe I should.

[arrows]

I remember a discussion of how to bid minor 2 suits over major weak 2 in this forums.

 

I am convinced that using cuebid to show both minors is a more sensible way than

using it to ask stopper.

 

If I play this way, I would stretch a 3 hearts, otherwise 3D.

[P_Marlowe]

Another point of interest is the opening

style in your partnership, i.e. is it possible,

that partner has near opening values or

do you open garbage?

 

Marlowe

[beatrix45]

:P Do you play 3♦ as nonforcing? If so, then 3♦. Otherwise, pass.

 

The spade king is a huge negative in terms of our trying to buy the hand. Put that king over in the club or diamond suit, and you have (almost) a strong two bid opening. The opponents clearly have the spade suit with the ability to take 8-10 tricks there. The 2♥ opener has disrupted their auction already, and if I can bid 3♦ w/o worrying about pard getting serious, I am happy to do so. Otherwise, I only hope pard's weak two did enough damage.

 

I think I could pass in tempo with this hand, but if not, then 3♦, even forcing, is a bid that can win. I would prefer it to a slow pass.

[Walddk]

:P Do you play 3♦ as nonforcing? If so, then 3♦. Otherwise, pass.

Who plays a simple overcall as forcing?

 

Roland

[Fluffy]

3♥: minors

[pclayton]

Pass but I dont feel too strongly about it. Pard is a passed hand, so our chances of making game are pretty nil. I'll just assume fight for 6 tricks against hearts when pard has a stack than 9 tricks in a minor.

[han]

3D for me too. We can't count on partner to reopen, and we have plenty playing-strength.

[whereagles]

3♥: minors

yes

[Free]

3♦...

[Blofeld]

Pass but I dont feel too strongly about it. Pard is a passed hand, so our chances of making game are pretty nil. I'll just assume fight for 6 tricks against hearts when pard has a stack than 9 tricks in a minor.

It's not that hard to construct hands for parnter where even slam is a good prospect [ok, I don't expect to get to slam here - just playing the devil's advocate].

[Robert]

Hi beatrix45

 

Partner did not open 2Hs. The (2H) bid in 'brackets' shows that this bid was by the other pair.

 

Hi everyone

 

I bid 3D here, the partner 'short' in the enemy suit should try to bid. I have somewhat light values, however, I do have a lot of shape.

 

I agree with Jlall here, if partner bids 3NT, I am also pulling. I started this auction by bidding 3Ds on shape and I will continue with a 4C bid to show extreme shape over a 3NT bid.

 

If you do not go for an occasion -800 you are not bidding often enough.

 

Regards,

Robert

[bearmum]

NOPE I am passing !!!!

[Kalvan14]

3♦. Pard and LHO (both passed hands) should likely be around 10 HCP each.

A 6-5 is always an attractive hand (and if partner feels frisky, and doubles 3♥ I have good defence too)

[MickyB]

I think this one is pretty close. I hate selling out to 2♥ here, but preemptor's partner may well raise rather than thinking he will get away with playing a 9/10 card fit at the 2 level. If you bid 3♦ you are very likely to hear 3NT from partner, which I think you should pull...but there is a case for saying that should be GFing now.

 

At the table, my LHO held this hand and bid 3♦. My RHO bid 3N on xxxx KQT9x Qx Qx, Lefty pulled to 4♣ and righty corrected to 4♦, which goes at least 2 off. 2♥ would have been pretty marginal.

[Chamaco]

I think this one is pretty close. I hate selling out to 2♥ here, but preemptor's partner may well raise rather than thinking he will get away with playing a 9/10 card fit at the 2 level. If you bid 3♦ you are very likely to hear 3NT from partner, which I think you should pull...

I am not sure whether we should pull pard's 3NT here.