Big 2 suiter

[pclayton]

♠AKJTxx ♥KQJ8x ♦void ♣Ax

 

IMPs, all vul, short match.

 

RHO opens 1♦. What is your call (and continuation if you cuebid 2♦).

[han]

2D then 3S over 2H, I think this should be forcing through 4H.

[whereagles]

2♦ + cue + 4♠. Eventually 4♥ if pard bids them twice.

[pclayton]

Michaels is obvious. When the right yarb produces 12 tricks, overcalling is wrong.

 

I like a 3♠ call after Michaels. It gets us back to spades when pard is 2-2 in the majors and is a good indicator of our strength.

 

Partner actually held x xx AQTxxx Kxxx so you can't get too high. I was discussing the auction with my RHO (a very good player) and he said the main problem in auctions like this is that you can't identify partner's xx from xxx.

 

I made a silly call at the table over 2♥, but that's beside the point.

[Cascade]

Count me in for 2♦ then 3♠.

 

I note that a significant minority are rebidding 3♣ that has got to be wrong. I would have thought that obviously showed a 5=5=0=3 hand with some extra strength.