fachiru Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 You're playing MPs and open 1♥ in 1st on: ♠AQ10♥KQJ10652♦K92♣- Opps. are silent; prd. responds 1♠.So: 1♥-(p)-1♠-(p)-? I'd like to hear some ideas before I move to the next round of bidding...Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 3♦ is probably the 'correct' bid, as it is forcing (?) and will let you bid 4♥ in a next round having shown the strength of your hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I'll try 4h... I'll try not to jump shift into a 3 card d suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I'll rebid 3♥, a straight down the middle kind of bid. I wish I had the 3♥ bid as showing 3-6-x-x, but it's the best I can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 3D planning 4H next to show self-sufficient hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 3♦, I would bid 4♥ with one less honor in my hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosene Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 4h (making 6 - partner turning up with 2 of 3 between K spades, heart A and diamond A) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 4♥, I don't think this is an under (or over) bid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 4♥ is a big underbid, we just need 2 keycards in partner's hand for 6 and 3 for 7. I like 3♦, 2NT is always an option if partner is used of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fachiru Posted February 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 OK, so we've got roughly a split so far between 3♦ and some number of ♥.At the table, as much as I dislike fake reverses, I bid 3♦, as I wanted to force to at least game on that powerful hand with excellent ♠ support. We move to the 2nd bidding round now; I'm afraid I'll force 3♦ on you. :lol: 3nt from prd. now. To recap, we've had:1♥-(p)-1♠-(p)3♦-(p)-3nt-(p) to you now. Are you done bidding? (MP scoring again) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosene Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 4♥ - again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 OK, so we've got roughly a split so far between 3♦ and some number of ♥.At the table, as much as I dislike fake reverses, I bid 3♦, as I wanted to force to at least game on that powerful hand with excellent ♠ support. We move to the 2nd bidding round now; I'm afraid I'll force 3♦ on you. :lol: 3nt from prd. now. To recap, we've had:1♥-(p)-1♠-(p)3♦-(p)-3nt-(p) to you now. Are you done bidding? (MP scoring again) Of course I'm not done bidding, 3♦ was clearly bid with the intention of bidding hearts again on the next round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 After the auction: 1♥-P-1♠-P-3♦-P-3NT-P-? We need some sort of rules as to what means what. Normally, I default to flag bidding if two suits are in focus. Were spades and hearts the only suits in focus, then 4♣(hearts) and 4♦(spades) would be stronger bids than 4♥ and 4♠. Here, however, three suits are in focus. In that event, it seems good to use the idea, called something, where 4♣ is a weak relay and other calls are stronger. Hence, 4♦ would be a strong diamond rebid, 4♥ a strong heart rebid, and 4♠ a strong spade raise. "Strong" being in context. With a weaker holding, 4♣ would relay 4♦, after which, presumably, 4♥ would be weaker with hearts, 4♠ weaker with spades, and 5♦ weaker with diamonds. The problem with this is that a STRICT relay does not solve Opener's problem. Hence, I would expect 4♣ to be best used as a weak semi-relay, with Responder expected to pick between diamonds and hearts as if Opener had made a weak 4♦ call, either completing the relay (4♦) with contextual diamond preference, or bidding 4♥ with contextual heart preference. As an aside, perhaps in this sequence there might be some merit to showing a "strong" holding when Opener has the spade fragment. Thus, 4♥ directly would imply a very strong playing hand with three spades, whereas 4♣ and correcting 4♦ to 4♥, if necessary, is a heart-only focus without a spade fragment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 OK, so we've got roughly a split so far between 3♦ and some number of ♥.At the table, as much as I dislike fake reverses, I bid 3♦, as I wanted to force to at least game on that powerful hand with excellent ♠ support. We move to the 2nd bidding round now; I'm afraid I'll force 3♦ on you. :) 3nt from prd. now. To recap, we've had:1♥-(p)-1♠-(p)3♦-(p)-3nt-(p) to you now. Are you done bidding? (MP scoring again) It would take Death to shut me up here... I agree with 3♦, and now I bid 3♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 OK, so we've got roughly a split so far between 3♦ and some number of ♥.At the table, as much as I dislike fake reverses, I bid 3♦, as I wanted to force to at least game on that powerful hand with excellent ♠ support. We move to the 2nd bidding round now; I'm afraid I'll force 3♦ on you. :) 3nt from prd. now. To recap, we've had:1♥-(p)-1♠-(p)3♦-(p)-3nt-(p) to you now. Are you done bidding? (MP scoring again) It would take Death to shut me up here... I agree with 3♦, and now I bid 4♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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