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Hi,

 

Start to show your suits, unless you play against me.

 

A possible option could also be 2S - Michaels.

 

The advantage being, that you take away 2S, you cant prevent West

from bidding 3S, but you can prevent him from bidding 2S.

Of course you give him the chance to double, but a double does not

kill a lot of space, and they may play double as showing ...

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

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Pass is cowardly, and invites oppo to psych and make overcalls on air.

Double is neither fish nor foul; I don't have sufficient extras to feel truly happy about it unless we're playing equal-level conversion (so I can remove 2 to 2).

1NT is off-shape but tempting; if partner has Hx or Txx we have a double stop, and in my methods partner can ask for a 5-card major.

2 is, however, the winner. It shows a decent 5-card suit, and a little more than a bare 16 but no huge hand. This is what I have, so this is what I bid.

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Can't imagine anything other than 2. You're allowed to have a range for min rebids in any system, no? If partner is passing 2, do you really think you're missing anything? And since he/she is limited with his/her 1 response, you can act appropriately if there is any further bidding.
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Seems to me that 2 Hearts understates the game potential of this hand. The 2 diamonds (0-7 HCP) by partner allows a lot of room for heart support and one or two cover cards and this would make game a reasonable outcome.

2H is not a signoff!

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Seems to me that 2 Hearts understates the game potential of this hand.  The 2 diamonds (0-7 HCP) by partner allows a lot of room for heart support and one or two cover cards and this would make game a reasonable outcome.

2H is not a signoff!

Nor does it understate this hand that doesn't have much extra anyway!

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  • 2 weeks later...

If you and your partner play 2 as Michaels (a reasonable view since the adverse 1 overcall is the ONLY natural bid), I'd vote for that choice. On sequences like "1-(Pass)-1-(1any); ?", it makes sense to treat the auction like "(1any)- ?" with bids at "?" having similar meanings in both sequences. Note that the strong club opening implies that bids at the first "?" have a higher minimum strength than corresponding actions at the second "?".

 

B)

 

Brian

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You have ONLY 19 (18 because the J probably is worthless) HCP, and 2-5-2-4 distribution. That's not nearly enough to use Michaels cuebids after opening 1; either more extreme distribution or more HCP is needed to do that. Say 2 and show what you really have.
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a solution to the prob u see is to play trans fers here

x 5c limited or strong

1nt semi natural spades no 5 cd suit

2c trans d limited or strong

2d trans h limited or strong

2h strong t/o

pass weak t/o

2s + =: 8 pt

2nt 19-21

big prob here is wrong siding

but if p aceepts normaly weak and where u play

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