Endplayed in the bidding

[pclayton]

I'll box my hand with 1N.

 

If pard rebids 2♠, I'll retreat with my tail between my legs and pass.

 

If pard bids 2♥, I will start with 3♦ and then follow with 4♣ if necessary.

 

If pard bids 2♣ or 2♦ I will leap out of my chair and start break dancing on the table.

[Free]

If pard bids 2♣ or 2♦ I will leap out of my chair and start break dancing on the table.

LOL, that I want to see! ;) ;)

[HeartA]

1NT, what else? He will probably bid a number of hearts next, wereafter I wish I hadn't sat down to play, but so what? Those things happen. I am not going to bid 3♣ with that hand. Maybe partner will take me seriously: 10+ hcp.

 

 

 

Roland

agree. 1NT is my only choice.

[Double !]

YUCK!

 

sunglasses, anyone?

 

1NT seems like the least of all evils. My belief is to not upgrade the value until you have reason to suspect a fit. On the other hand, with 6-6 you might wish to start bidding your suits at some point. That's why the sunglasses are so important.

 

DHL

[cherdano]

Playing 2/1 I would bid 3♦ invitational if avalailable, with the hope there is a next round where I will bid 4♣. In this Fantunes system, I think I would stretch to 2♦.

 

Arend

[Gerben42]

Playing Fantunes I still think GF 5 - 5 is a slight overbid so I will go with 1NT. If partner cannot show me the strong Gazilli variation I will be an unhappy dummy in 2M.

 

If partner bids Gazilli I will lie by bidding 2NT (shows minors 5+5+ but 0 - 5 HCP) and partner will pick one. I will then raise it!

[Chamaco]

I bid 1NT.

 

The problem I see with "stretching" a GF with 2D is not so much if pard holds a normal 14 count. In that case, we might avoid (or not...) getting overboard.

 

The main problem is, OPENER might indeed be stretching too:

if opener holds a good 13 and sometimes even 12 with 55 or better in the majors and nothing wasted, he will never open at the 2 level (see example hand by Han's post), because the risk of missing game is too high with those handtypes, which do make game opposite many 10 counts.

 

Our shape is a warning: pard MIGHT be 55 in the majors, and, if so, he has a high likelyhood to be "underweight", not having a real 14 hcp.

 

Under such circumstances, we should avoid stretching too.

 

I'll bid 1NT, if pard has anything good, it should probably comeout from the later bidding.

In case he bids Gazzilli, I'll respond with a positive 2D.

Of course, much depends on how accurate is the Gazzilli scheme that the partnerships has chosen.

[Gerben42]

If they play it as the Italians 1♠ 1NT 2♣ 2NT may btw be a 3-suited hand with short ♠ which is not what I have so I am stuck after Gazilli also...

 

Anyways, I still bid 1NT, partner's most nasty rebids will be:

2♥: 5+♠ 4+♥, 13 - 17

3♥: 5+♠ 5+♥, 15 - 17

[ArtK78]

So, since there do not appear to be any defined calls above 3C, what does 3NT show?

 

Obviously, 3NT is not to play, since you would have bid 2C/2D/2H with 10 plus (by the way, what does 2NT show?). Since 3NT is undefined, and since 3D/3H/4C would presumably show a long suit with less than 10HCP, 3NT must show a massive two suiter with less than 10 HCP.

 

Seems like these other calls should be defined, since hands like this happen, and your methods are otherwise unable to handle them.