mtvesuvius Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Playing IMPs with an established partner (Playing 2/1), you pick up (Spots exact): ♠ AT♥ AKT52♦ Q6♣ 8532 You open 1♥, partner bids 2♦ (GF), what is your next bid, and what is your plan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlessard Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 You need a waiting bid, Most play that to rebid your suit as the waiting bid, some prefer 2Nt as the catchall bid. Some play that the cheapest call is waiting (alertable) These hand are pretty frequent so you really need a way to handle them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Even kenrexford would bid 2♥ with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 You have 3 options: 2♥: I think that you would find this to be the most popular choice amongst expert partnerships playing a straightforward 2/1 method. It carries NO suggestion of a 6th heart, nor even of a good suit... it is the default bid. 2N: some minority of 2/1 experts will argue that 2N should be the default bid. This allows 2♥ to promise 6 cards, if you also play that you bid out your shape, as with... 3♣: a minority of 2/1 players believe that one should show shape, rather than strength. I suspect that most of those would NOT choose 3♣ here, since the suit is entirely unworthy of being offered as a prospective trump suit... but some would bid 3♣ with xx AKxxx Qx Axxx, while most would not (they'd bid 2♥, reserving 3♣ for a hand with significant extras.. say a King equivalent more than a reasonable minimum). In any event, this hand is a problem only to partnerships who have not discussed this situation... and most have (or do very shortly after such a problem arises :) ) My (very strong) preference is for 2♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 I bid 2NT a lot more than others, but I have to admit that this looks like a 2♥ call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 2♥, no doubt about it :) but your partner will probably be expecting 6, these hands cant be bid without agreements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 2N. If partner had responded 1♠, I'd be bidding 1N, so this doesn't seem like a distortion to call this a balanced 12-14 (or 18-19) with 5 hearts. Since I've described my relative strength and shape well enough, my next plan will be to let partner describe his hand/place the contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 2H because I don't want to wrong-side the NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDluxe Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 What Winston said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 The NT isn't wrongsided in 3 suits (thanks to that ♠T), and I have some length in the 4th. The NT is probably better from my side because of that expected spade lead. Now Jxx from partner is a 2nd stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Wow. Agree this hand is a complete non-problem because you just make your normal catchall bid (2♥ for me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 The NT isn't wrongsided in 3 suits (thanks to that ♠T), and I have some length in the 4th. The NT is probably better from my side because of that expected spade lead. Now Jxx from partner is a 2nd stop. That's true, but partner's Kx of clubs is pretty exposed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 I am not convinced by the argument that 'I would rebid 1NT after 1♥ 1♠ so 2NT is good now.' In the first case 1NT is very likely the best contract, and there is only one way to get there. In this case if 3NT is best you have plenty of time to get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOL Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 2N. If partner had responded 1♠, I'd be bidding 1N, so this doesn't seem like a distortion to call this a balanced 12-14 (or 18-19) with 5 hearts. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_KARLUK Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 3♣ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 2H. I think 3C is worse than 2NT which is really not my style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 2N. If partner had responded 1♠, I'd be bidding 1N, so this doesn't seem like a distortion to call this a balanced 12-14 (or 18-19) with 5 hearts. LOL OMG! My dreams and wishes have come true; JLOL has noticed me! It will be a Merry Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Playing IMPs with an established partner (Playing 2/1), you pick up (Spots exact): ♠ AT♥ AKT52♦ Q6♣ 8532 You open 1♥, partner bids 2♦ (GF), what is your next bid, and what is your plan? 2nt default. balanced 11-13. As others have said I would have rebid 1nt over 1s.second choice 2h which I can live with even though pard will assume 6 with me. I play 2h style that shows 6I play 3c is natural and does not show extras but better than xxxx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 I am surprised that this is even posted as a problem, if you play normal 2/1 its an easy 2♥ rebid, if you play some crazy agreements, then stick to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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