Ant590 Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 (1♦) - 1♥ - (pass) - 1♠(pass) - 2♦ What do people use a cuebid here as? I have the agreement that 1♠ is forcing, so the obvious candidates would be a good spade raise (or whatever 3♦ would be in the sequence 1♥ - (2♦) - 2♠ - (pass) ), or a max overcall, i.e. generic forcing bid. What agreements do you have for this kind of sequence? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 I play it as natural, and have always been very happy that way. I know I used to be in a very small minority, I don't know if that's still the case or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 It doesnt seem at all obvious to me to play it as a spade raise. You already have 2♠, 3♠, 4♠ etc as spade raises as well as splinters so it would seem to be very inefficient to play a cue as a raise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 I like to play it as a cuebid, but it doesn't promise spade support. A typical hand where a cuebid might be useful would be AQ KJxxxx xx AQx (flexible hand). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 What do people use a cuebid here as? I like to play it as a cuebidBold choice ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 General force, with responder's first priority to show a stopper in diamonds. I might have a running heart suit and the ace of clubs, looking to get to 3N, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 General force, with responder's first priority to show a stopper in diamonds. I might have a running heart suit and the ace of clubs, looking to get to 3N, for example. I like it as a general force since an overcall can be like 6-18 and a new suit can be almost as undefined. Someone, somewhere in these auctions actually needs to try to define their range and cuebid serves the purpose quite nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OleBerg Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 As 1♠ can be bid on a four-card-suit (yes it can!), I prefer it to show a good hand with three-card support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Generic forcing bid, asking for further description,e.g. a stopper. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant590 Posted October 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Thanks for all your replies. A further question for the generic forcing (i.e. not natural), people: would 2♣ after 1♠ be non-forcing? (think this might be wtp...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFA Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Agree with this cuebid is a cuebid :P. 2♣ after 1♠ is NF, wtp :P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Thanks for all your replies. A further question for the generic forcing (i.e. not natural), people: would 2♣ after 1♠ be non-forcing? (think this might be wtp...) 2♣ is NF and is up to roughly a 12-13 count. You should also ask the question if 1♠ is forcing (it is for me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Glad to see I'm still in a small minority, I won't bust that one out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant590 Posted October 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Glad to see I'm still in a small minority, I won't bust that one out! Would you still treat it as natural if it were a major? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Glad to see I'm still in a small minority, I won't bust that one out! Would you still treat it as natural if it were a major? No. That's just overboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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