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You play 2/1 GF, imps white white.

 

KT9xx --- AT9xxxx x. Partner opens 1H, what do you bid? If you bid 1S what is your rebid plan over the likely rebids?

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2) over 2h rebid i bid 3d.....slow things down.

???

i assume 3d shows very long d.........and 4 spades and nonforce?

 

I assume I cannot show long spades.....and long d and game force here.

 

If I have that hand I must bid one spade and not rebid 3d here?

1h=1s=2h=?not 3 of minor?

 

In other words typical loss the minor strong suit in 2/1......is the price we pay.

AKXXX...VOID......AKXXX....XXX

i AM STUCK .....WITH 3NT REBID.

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I am 7-5 and my partner opened the bidding?

 

2 game forcing followed by spades and spades.

 

I will take the chance that this is a misfit and look for game or slam in one of my suits.

 

It doesn't take much to produce a slam if there is a fit. Opposite Kx xxxxx KQx Axx you could have a grand with a little luck. Yes, I know I am dreaming, but that is not the point. The point is that this is a very good hand if there is a fit. I need to find that fit.

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I will bid 1 spade

 

Rebidding

 

1NT 2 diamonds (unless nmf)

2 clubs 2 diamonds

2 diamonds 3 diamonds

2 hearts pass (amending this to 3 diamonds after due consideration)

2 spades (I forgot this bid, I pass this)

2NT 3diamonds

3 clubs 3 diamonds

3 diamonds 5 diamonds

3 hearts 4 hearts

3 spades 4 spades

3NT pass

 

 

I am am not sure if I am correct, but looking at the hand, I think this is what I would do, due to playing limited amounts of conventions

 

I am not brave enough to bid 2 diamonds as a game force bid

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1

Tricky hand. When partner has some sort of fit for me (NT shows 2 diamonds) this is a nice hand. In a misfit I can offer only 1 or 2 tricks.

 

Over:

1NT - 2, sign off, longer than

2 - 2 can't bid 4th suit here

2 - 3 happy to invite now, though the void in partners suit still worries me

2 - pass, why make things worse?

2 - 4 should have good chances in the cross ruff

2NT - 3 and 5 over 3NT

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Thank god I am not red, where the stakes are higher.

 

I was going to bid 1, but then I thought about 2 by partner. That is possible and liable to make me puke... I simply cannot handle that call... I can't prefer to my void heart, I can't bid diamonds naturally, I can't rebid spades, and I can't pass or bid notrump. At least if he were to rebid 2, I could gamble a pass.

 

So ugly those this hand is, and much as I hate to gf, I think 2, with all its obvious flaws, is slightly better

 

2, then over

 

2 2 and pray

2 yeah, that is going to happen :)

2N 3

3 3

3 almost as unlikely (but just as welcome) as 2

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You play 2/1 GF, imps white white.

 

KT9xx --- AT9xxxx x. Partner opens 1H, what do you bid? If you bid 1S what is your rebid plan over the likely rebids?

Hi,

 

1S.

 

I will pass 2C and 2H.

 

If 2C could be based on a 3 carder or is artificial

I will try to sign off in 2H.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

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I am not willing not to mention one of my suits. This means that over most likely rebids by partner I will have to force to game. Therefore I might as well bite the bullet immediately and show my suits in the right order: 2D.

 

If we have a terrible misfit then my choice will work out badly.

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Hi,

 

1S.

 

I will pass 2C and 2H.

 

If 2C could be based on a 3 carder or is artificial

I will try to sign off in 2H.

People who 'preference' into a 5-0 fit when they have a seven card suit make baby Jesus cry.

Sometimes the 5-0 fit turns out to be a 6-0 fit.

And sometimes opponents dont start to use the

red card if you happen to stop at a low level.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

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I'll bid 1. I think catching a spade raise is one of the best ways to get to a reasonable game on this hand. My plan is:

 

(1) If partner rebids 1NT, I will show a diamond invite (2...3 using 2-way nmf).

(2) If partner rebids 2, I will show a 5-5 invite by rebidding 3. This is less of an overbid than forcing game.

(3) If partner rebids 2 I'll bid 4th suit GF and look for slam, but probably end in 5.

(4) If partner rebids 2 I will pass and hope for the best. At least partner usually raises with 3 and 6.

(5) If partner bids 2 I will find out if he has four card support and look for slam if so (else I will play 4).

 

I feel pretty confident that this path will be better than forcing game if partner does anything but rebid hearts at second turn. Even then, I will often come out ahead if partner has a strong suit and not very many diamonds.

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Not such a bad hand if you play Kaplan inversion, as I do with my regular partners !

 

So 1NT showing the 5 spades, and over 2 bid 2 which is 4SF but then rebid 3 which is invitational strength. This is an overbid perhaps, but I think it important to show both suits.

 

Obviously the 1NT finds a 5/3 spade fit immediately, and over the 1NT partner is not going to bid 2 without 6, so I think it better to pass 2 rather than make a forcing 3.

 

If the bidding goes 1 1NT 2 2 2 3 and partner bids 3NT, I now bid 4 to show the hand well. As 1 1NT 2 3 would be a GF with this sort of shape, 4 in this sequence is to play.

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I'm pretty amazed that people want to GF on this. Unless you catch a fit, the trick taking potential of this hand is rather limited.

 

I'll start with 1. Then:

 

--Over 1N - I'll call this an invite and go the 2 - 2 - 3 or 3 (wheer we play).

 

--Over 2 - I'll make a 5-5- invite via 3. If pard bids 3N, I'm pulling to 4.

 

--Over 2 - I'm passing, unless I have some sort of 2N stall available.

 

--Over 2 - 4

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I'm pretty amazed that people want to GF on this. Unless you catch a fit, the trick taking potential of this hand is rather limited.

pfah. A 7 card suit IS a fit. You get more trump winners out of a 7-0 fit than your average 5-3 fit, and is it too much to hope that your partner has one of the little buggers? I'm not sure why all these comments about a fit. I mean, we all open at the freakin' 3 level with hands a lot less distributional than this.

 

I don't disagree with any of your answers here, if partner rebids hearts, well, at least it won't be a 5-0. But worrying about a 5-7 hand not having a fit seems...odd.

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This really isn't all that hard unless you like to mastermind.

 

1S, then over:

[..]

2C- prefer to 2H (5-0 should play better than the 4-1)

Personally, I'd regard giving preference on a void to a once-bid suit as masterminding. Why do you choose the heart fit which is likely to be 5-0 rather than the spade fit which might be any of 5-0, 5-1, 5-2 or 5-3?

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Why do you choose the heart fit which is likely to be 5-0 rather than the spade fit which might be any of 5-0, 5-1, 5-2 or 5-3?

 

Some would consider 2S as encouraging and I do not think this hand good enough for that bid.

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