how do you bid this hand?

[jocdelevat]

Dealer: West Vul: All Scoring: IMP ♠ ♥ AK5 ♦ AQ953 ♣ KJ543

 

1. 1d or 1c

2. can you reverse with this hand?

3. pard bid 1s what you bid next?

 

I bid it this way:

 

 

West North East South

 

 Pass  Pass  Pass  1♦

 Pass  1♠    Pass  2♣

 Pass  Pass  Pass  

[kenrexford]

The answer to #1 and #2 is the same -- you do not go out of your way to reverse. So, open 1♦. So far so good.

 

Now, partner bids 1♠. Bid 2♣. If partner passes, this is probably right. If more should be bid, he will usually at least be able to make a courtesy correction of 2♦.

 

Without any special connventions to handle this problem, your auction seems fine.

[655321]

Your bidding was fine.

 

Never* open the lower of two 5 card suits, so 1♦.

Then, your hand is not strong enough to force to game, so 2♣.

Perfect!

 

* Never = 0% of the time.

[CSGibson]

Never* open the lower of two 5 card suits, so 1♦.

Then, your hand is not strong enough to force to game, so 2♣.

Perfect!

 

* Never = 0% of the time.

You should be aware that there are divergent opinions as to how to handle 5-5 hands with clubs and spades. Some people insist on opening them 1 club, others 1 spade, and others still will have it depend on the strength of the hand. So never is not necessarily accepted fact, but merely an opinion of that poster. The fact that I share that opinion should not close your mind to the other methods available.

[chicken]

i didnt get it. why cant i reverse with that hand?

i always thought reverse shows strong hands with @ least 5-4 distr.

[han]

open the higher ranking suit with 5-5. Opening clubs and reversing would show longer clubs than diamonds.

 

1D followed by 2C is correct.

[whereagles]

As hannie.

 

If something, you could take a rosy view and bid 1♦-1♠-3♣, but the spade void warns against being frisky, so 2♣ is good.

[P_Marlowe]

#1 1D

#2 sure, but you would misrepresent

the length of the suits you hold

#3 2C - heavy, but sometimes you

hold a maximum hand, if you dont

like 2C, bid 3C, which would force to

game

 

I would replicate your auction, which is

nothing to cheer about.

 

If your partner holds 8-9 HCP in his hand,

he should try to keep the bidding alive,

this is usally done by giving preference

to diamonds, even if he holds 3 clubs and

only 2 diamonds.

Only if he holds 2 more clubs than diamonds

he should pass clubs.

With 4 clubs and a ruffing value and 8/9 HCP

he should raise.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe