How do you play this?

[mike777]

MP.

 

(1H)=2C=P=3C

 

What is the range of 3C?

[Guest Jlall]

6-9ish. Adjust for number of trumps, distrubution, which high cards they are etc.

[mikeh]

For me goodish 6 to medium 10 unless I were playing (as I usually do) transfer advances: 2♠ would be a good raise to 3♣: say 9-10 and so 3♣ would be say good 5 to 8. One reason for transfer advances is to reduce the uncertainty arises from wide range raises, which are necessitated by the current trend to essentially unlimited overcalls

[han]

mikeh, it is of course an illusion that transfer advances make any difference in this auction. Not playing transfer advances most would still play 2S as a good clubs raise, the only thing you have done is lowered the ranges a little bit. There is no reason not to do that when you don't play transfer advances.

[Guest Jlall]

my guess is that mikeh plays 2D as a cue (good hand with no convenient bid or an 11+ club raise), 2H as spades, 2S as a constructive raise (9-10) and raise as weak (5-8) in which case 3D would be used to show diamonds, in which case his scheme would make a difference.

[cherdano]

mikeh, it is of course an illusion that transfer advances make any difference in this auction. Not playing transfer advances most would still play 2S as a good clubs raise, the only thing you have done is lowered the ranges a little bit. There is no reason not to do that when you don't play transfer advances.

Of course you mean 2H = good club raise.

I am not sure this is what most people play. E.g. in BWS, new suit bids are non-forcing, so the cue-bid could be a strong single suited hand without support. In a way, the effect of transfer advances is to free up the bid showing good raises to do only that (because the transfers handle good and bad hands with the transferred suit).

 

Arend

[kgr]

NV: 0-9 (and partner does not need an opening for 2C). Preemptive.

[han]

I misread the problem, I thought the auction was (1S)-2C. My comment makes more sense in that context, while mikeh's comment makes more sense in the actual context. Sorry!

[P_Marlowe]

constructive, but limited by the failure

to bid 2H.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe