Splinter?

[Free]

Simple logic, have you ever talked about such bidding in your life? no: then it i natural, 5-5 strrong.

Other simple logic: do you have to jump with maximum? no since it's GF already. So this jump is unusual => splinter... :(

[luis]

Simple logic, have you ever talked about such bidding in your life? no: then it i natural, 5-5 strrong.

Hope your pd uses the same logic as you Fluffy :-)

[inquiry]

I think the arguement over if this is a picture bid with 5/5 in the reds and fair or better values, versus a splinter simply has to be a partnership agreement. Here is a hand from yesterday, where the expert commentators (well other than me) laughed at the possibility of a 3♦ splinter bid.... It seems to me that 2♥ rebid is horrible. A 2♠ rebid would need special agreement on possible stregth. That leaves 3♣ and 3♦ (if available for splinter). If you play 3♦ as splinter, would you use it here?

 

[hv=d=e&v=e&n=sqj8ha2d64ckqt532&s=sak65hj9753dqca87]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv]

 

Auction at talbe I kibitized.

West North East South

 -     -     Pass  1♥

 Pass  2♣    Pass  2♥

 Pass  2NT   Pass  3NT

 Pass  Pass  Pass  

 

1/3 of the field played a very unsatisfactory, 3NT. Another group played in 4♥ asfter south choose to rebid 2♥ and was raised by north.

 

Another 1/3 played in a wonderful matchpont contract of 4♠, easlily making five. And some played in 5♣ (6♣ makes on non-♥ lead).

 

With a splinter 3♦, the trap 3NT will be missed, and there is no chance to stumble into a hopeless 4♥. Getting into 4♠ is not impossible. A 3♠ bid here by responder and a 4♠ raise should do it.

[cherdano]

Here is a hand from yesterday, where the expert commentators (well other than me) laughed at the possibility of a 3♦ splinter bid.... It seems to me that 2♥ rebid is horrible. A 2♠ rebid would need special agreement on possible stregth. That leaves 3♣ and 3♦ (if available for splinter). If you play 3♦ as splinter, would you use it here?

 

Dealer: East Vul: EW Scoring: IMP ♠ QJ8 ♥ A2 ♦ 64 ♣ KQT532 ♠ AK65 ♥ J9753 ♦ Q ♣ A87  

 

Auction at talbe I kibitized.

West  North East  South

-    -    Pass  1♥

Pass  2♣    Pass  2♥

Pass  2NT  Pass  3NT

Pass  Pass  Pass 

 

Well, first I hope that they had a balanced GF notrump response available, so that 2♣ promises 5 clubs -- otherwise it's really ugly.

 

Unless I can bid 2♠ with this strength, I just bid a simple 3♣. 3♦ has three downsides: the singleton is a queen, I prefer to have 4 trumps for a splinter, and I doubt I should encourage slam investigation with this ugly 14 points. This also seems to lead to 4♠ -- partner will try 3♠ which I should raise.

[luke warm]

on the hand ben posted, i've read where a 2S bid there is a reverse, and i've read where it isn't... i prefer to think it isn't, over a 2/1 game force... it's very possible that north bypassed 4 spades in order to bid a longer club suit with a game force hand.. i think south should rebid 2S, and unless my partner prohibits this bid it's the one i'll make at the table

[Fluffy]

On the given hand you don´t have to play that awful 3NT at all after 2♥ rebid when playing 2/1:

 

1♥-2♣

2♥-3♣

3♠-........

 

now all bids lead to 5/6♣, included 4♥ wich for sure won´t be a good contract from opener´s perspective and therefore will till lead to 5/6♣.