microcap Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 You are playing IMP teams as usual, and the auction proceeds as follows [both sides vulnerable]. You are sitting 4th hand and you hold: [hv=d=w&v=b&s=s10754hak1062da6c42]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] The auction proceeds: LHO opens 1♦, partner overcalls 1♠, RHO bids 2♣. You bid 2♦ as a spade limit raise or better. Partnership overcall range is 7-16 HCP. LHO doubles your 2♦, partner passes, RHO passes, and now back to you. What is your bid? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 2♥, natural? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Hi, 2D gurantees a fit? One usual meaning of the Cue is, thatit either promises inv.+ values with fitor a game forcing hand. 2S. But a matter of partnership agreement, does pass show min. or does it promise more than min. With kind regardsMarlowe PS: Of course a 3H bid instead of the 2D cuewould have been nice, and if available, itwould have been better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 2♥, natural? and game forcing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 2♥ stands out. Keep it simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 2♥, natural? and game forcing? why would it be game forcing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I like 3S to 1) strongly invite game opposite a sound overcall. I don't expect this to be the case, but hey, you never know. 2) shut the opponents out of their probable minor fit. 3H accomplishes this too. It might be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Would have bid 3♥ the round before. Why not doing that now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 2♥, natural? and game forcing? why would it be game forcing? As I have already said elsewhere, a matter of partnership agreement. But usually the cue shows either a hand with inv.+ values and fit or a strong game forcing hand. Bidding 2H instead of the cue bid may have justbeen nonforcing, although constructive.In which case, the question arises, what do you dowith a strong hand with hearts? One way of doing this, is to make the cue followedby bidding ons own suit. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 How much easier will it be for pd to judge whether to bid 4 Spade or not if I now bid 2 or 3 Heart? Anyway, I am going to bid 3 Spade now, knowing that this could be an underbid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_s Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 If you're playing fit-jumps, then you should have bid 3♥ on the round before. If you're not, then you get problems like this one :) . I suppose I bid 2♥ forcing now, planning to follow with 3♠ over partner's 2♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 If you're playing fit-jumps, then you should have bid 3♥ on the round before. If you're not, then you get problems like this one :) . I suppose I bid 2♥ forcing now, planning to follow with 3♠ over partner's 2♠. I think a fit jump is a very bad bid with no honor in partner's suit, it should be more descriptive than that. What is wrong with 2♥ now, then supporting partner at whatever level you want next round? Most play partner's pass over 2♦ denies a bare minimum (I do anyway) so I intend to game force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I'd bid 2♥ intending to invite one more time if I had no agreements about this auction. If I was playing the agreement Josh mentioned where pass denies a bare minimum then I would just bid 4♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I'd bid 3H now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I think 3♥ now is more of a suggestion to play in hearts like Qxx KQTxxx in majors. Though I admit of course you can overrule partner anyway, so I guess I don't see any harm. Unless partner tanks then bids 4♥... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 You are playing IMP teams as usual, and the auction proceeds as follows [both sides vulnerable]. You are sitting 4th hand and you hold: <!-- ONEHAND begin --><table border='1'> <tr> <td> <table> <tr> <td> Dealer: </td> <td> West </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Vul: </td> <td> Both </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Scoring: </td> <td> IMP </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td> <table> <tr> <th> <span class='spades'> ♠ </span> </th> <td> 10754 </td> </tr> <tr> <th> <span class='hearts'> ♥ </span> </th> <td> AK1062 </td> </tr> <tr> <th> <span class='diamonds'> ♦ </span> </th> <td> A6 </td> </tr> <tr> <th> <span class='clubs'> ♣ </span> </th> <td> 42 </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </table><!-- ONEHAND end --> The auction proceeds: LHO opens 1♦, partner overcalls 1♠, RHO bids 2♣. You bid 2♦ as a spade limit raise or better. Partnership overcall range is 7-16 HCP. LHO doubles your 2♦, partner passes, RHO passes, and now back to you. What is your bid? :) Wow alot of wide ranging responses for what I thought was a wtp? :)Partner bid one spade vul. 2D on the way to bidding 4spades next wtp? I never considered bidding less.13 support points3 QT4 card supportGood side 5 card suitruffing values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Wow alot of wide ranging responses for what I thought was a wtp? :)Partner bid one spade vul. 2D on the way to bidding 4spades next wtp? I never considered bidding less.13 support points3 QT4 card supportGood side 5 card suitruffing values. If you look at the companion post to this one and see that a majority of posters thought that AKxxx xxx xx xxx was good enough to overcall vul at IMPs, then you might not feel that this hand is a clear game force. Personally, I don't think it is a clear game force, but a very strong game try. But then I would not have overcalled on AKxxx and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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