When should I and shouldn't I?

[gwnn]

ok I misread your post. from 4-4 one bids the lower suit (unless you hate diamonds like many seem to) and from 5-5 the higher suit. I thought this point was so amazingly widely accepted that it did not need making.

 

2♥ does not really mean "crap with both majors". if it meant that, then there is NMF available, and it would have been used with 6-4 in the majors. if there was no NMF available, then 2♥ is natural and almost forcing.

[whereagles]

katrin (your name, right?): hire pard for your company and fire him the second after ;)

[jillybean]

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[Gerben42]

I cannot construct any hand which passes in 2. seat and bids this way later.

If you are long and strong enough for a jump to 3 Spade, why didn´t you open 2 Spade?

 

1. You have a four card major outside? Bid it now.

2. You have a weak suit and all values outside? Treat it like a 5 card suit and rebid 2 Club as nmf/checkback or 2 NT to invite.

 

Any other reasons I missed?

 

Too many controls for a weak 2 bid:

 

♠AT9753

♥-

♦A42

♣9632

[Gerben42]

 

I passed, the other table got to 3nt after north opened 1♠

Ive got to say this is clear 1♠ for me. My pard said I must bid 3nt.

 

Typical logic. Partner passes with an opening bid, then you pass because you know partner didn't have an opening bid, and then he says you should've known he had an opening bid and you should bid 3NT? Right.

 

I would have rebid 2♣ personally but I know of partnerships that bid your way.

[jillybean]

I didn't want to be in 3nt, I passed.

This was in a 7 'expert' + me team match and yes we all know that 'expert' on BBO has no baring on your bridge skill but when I lose 6 imps on a board by not bidding a game the other table find and my 'expert' partner says I should have bid, well, I do like to look at it.

 

Sometimes it is obvious, other times it takes me a while to realise my expert partner is full of the proverbial. So much for free advice :)

 

whereeagles - its Kathryn

[brianshark]

Playing in a partnership who play reasonably disciplined weak 2s (and that there exist hands that are too good for weak 2 but not good enough to open) then this auction very much exists. I think 1NT rebid is fine and that pass is absolutely clear. I think the entire fault of this is the hand evaluation of your partner.

[the hog]

Kathryn, your partner is full of crap. He passed an opening hand; you have a clear 100% pass. "Expert" hmm! Reminds me of the line from the Beatles "Expert texpert don't you think the joker laughs at you?"