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Axxx

Txx

AQxxx

x

 

nobody vul imps LHO opens 1♥. (btw would you open this hand in 1st seat?)

 

1♥-x-p-2♥

3♣-3♦-p-?

 

Do you agree with 2♥?

Regardless of what you think of 2♥, what would you do now?

 

potential red herring: Opponents are about 85 years old. They might pass over the x with 3 card support.

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pooltuna

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Axxx

Txx

AQxxx

x

 

nobody vul imps LHO opens 1♥. (btw would you open this hand in 1st seat?)

 

1♥-x-p-2♥

3♣-3♦-p-?

 

Do you agree with 2♥?

Regardless of what you think of 2♥, what would you do now?

 

potential red herring: Opponents are about 85 years old. They might pass over the x with 3 card support.

5♦ is probably about right

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pirate22

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in first pos'n i would open 1 diam but this is not the case lh person dealer

 

to come to the sequence 1ht--pard x--p--you(2h cue) I would bid 2d,bidding will not die

3cl-- now i assume if pard raies diam i would then bid spades,and we either play 4 spades/5d regards

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andy_h

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3♠. With 5 perhaps we would've been able to bid 2♠ or 4♠ the first time, or we could bid 2♥ then 4♠ or we could bid 3♠ like here and then follow it up with 4. Let's say if LHO had passed 2♥ then partner should definitely bid 2♠ with 4 of them even with 41(53) so we can find our fit asap.

 

And no, I wouldn't open this first seat at white but change the hand to AQxxx Axxx Txx x then I would.

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ONEferBRID

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What's wrong with :  1♥ - X - p - 1♠ ... ?

It shows a weak hand and is not forcing?

 

♦Yes, I agree, but do you really think 1♠ will be passed out?

If so, you probably don't need to be any higher.

 

Is this hand really worth an immediate GF ?

 

A jump in your longest suit, would show this strength,

but I see it may cause problems for partner as well as Opener.

What do I do after:

 

1♥-x-p-3♦jump

4♣-4♦-p-?

 

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Maybe a different rule "violation" is warranted:

 

1♥-x-p-2♠jump

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pooltuna

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What's wrong with :  1♥ - X - p - 1♠ ... ?

It shows a weak hand and is not forcing?

 

♦Yes, I agree, but do you really think 1♠ will be passed out?

If so, you probably don't need to be any higher.

 

Is this hand really worth an immediate GF ?

 

A jump in your longest suit, would show this strength,

but I see it may cause problems for partner as well as Opener.

What do I do after:

 

1♥-x-p-3♦jump

4♣-4♦-p-?

 

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Maybe a different rule "violation" is warranted:

 

1♥-x-p-2♠jump

I would bid 4♠ before I would bid 2♠

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ONEferBRID

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I found this hand at the following British site:

http://www.dur.ac.uk/bridge.club/TEACHING/Overcallresp.htm.

 

And it looks vaguely familiar, doesn't it ?

( unless you are going to quibble about a 1 point difference ).

 

( 1♦) - X - ( p ) - 1♠ ( you )

 

Your hand:

♠ 8 6 4

♥ A J 3 2

♦ 5 4

♣ A T 6 3 2

edit: the site showed the 14 cards above.

        Obviously, one must be removed from one of the "pointy" suits. If it is a Diam, the shape looks remarkably like the hand in this post.... with one hcp less.

 

...and the following explanation:

 

"You have 9 points, and two suits. So what’s it worth? The answer is 1♥. Yes you do have a five card club suit, but so what – finding a major suit fit (♥) is much more important.  OK, as illustrated above, you could have no points what-so-ever but you actually hold two aces. Well this is true, and this is as strong a hand as you could have to make this weak bid. If you had much more you would have to find a more aggressive bid…"

 

Hey, but what do those Brits know anyway ?

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jdonn

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Ty oneferbrid, I now know of a teaching website to not recommend.

 

2♥ is forcing to suit agreement, so you can get out if the doubler bids a suit and it gets raised to the lowest level.

 

Our hand (and the hand on the teaching website) are CLEARLY too good to just bid 1, it's not even remotely close and I say that without the slightest exageration. Well, depending which of the 14 cards you take out of the example hand.

 

I think 3♠ shows 5 now so I bid 3♥, I agree with gnasher. If anything bad happens I can always bid diamonds next.

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ONEferBRID

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Ty oneferbrid, I now know of a teaching website to not recommend.

 

2♥ is forcing to suit agreement, so you can get out if the doubler bids a suit and it gets raised to the lowest level.

 

Our hand (and the hand on the teaching website) are CLEARLY too good to just bid 1, it's not even remotely close and I say that without the slightest exageration. Well, depending which of the 14 cards you take out of the example hand.

 

I think 3♠ shows 5 now so I bid 3♥, I agree with gnasher. If anything bad happens I can always bid diamonds next.

If it is "clearly" too good for 1♠, then bid 2♠jump.

 

At the risk of quoting another instructor, now Manager at OKBridge, in his Double Trouble Series:

**"10-11 hcp, jump bid in your longest suit -- with 2 suits, bid the Major in preference to the minor.

 

**12+ cuebid the opps suit -- if partner bids your major, jump to game -- if partner bids a minor, you may bid a new suit with the knowledge that partner cannot pass".

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Fluffy

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Why are people bidding 3♠ rather than 3♥? It seems normal to use a repeat cue-bid to try to find a 4-4 fit, and 3♠ to show five (in a good hand presumably).

I prefer to use 3♥ to show extra strenght, but yours looks very playable as well.

 

I just don't expect partner to raise me with the 3 cards I already know he has.

 

 

IMO 2♥ is GF. Over a minor cue is normally GF, but it has the exception og a 44m hand with invitational values.

 

If you think this hand is not worth a GF (I don't) you should either bid 2♠ or 3♦ the round before the way I play.

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jdonn

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thank you for your brilliant lessons oneferbrid, this was very useful to everybody

Your welcome....

I'll be awaiting your next post:

" We found out minor fit, but missed our Major fit ".

Lol yes obviously partner is barred from bidding spades when we cuebid. It's not like he knows whether or not he has four spades or anything.

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ONEferBRID

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2♥ is not a gf.

 

I know you will hate to see another opinion....

 

1A - X - p - 2A!

 

" A cuebid ( 2A! ) will inform partner that game is certain. However, the partner of the Doubler can not be certain of the final contract. As with all cuebids, it informs partner nothing about the cuebid suit, and nothing about the strength. This is a Forcing Bid, and partner must respond."

 

http://www.bridgeguys.com/Doubles/RespondT...eoutDouble.html

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