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North's bid after 1 is 1. The suit quality is just enough.

 

South's bid after a double is 2. I mean, no one would double with North's hand unless double was a transfer to spades. So, South transfers back to spades with a jump to show extras.

 

Seriously, though. Are you serious? How would South ever have that issue presented? I mean, what to do after a 1NT overcall makes more sense than what to do after a double.

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Q1 1S, but a partnership agreement, playing an oldfashioned style,

overcalls being limited to roughly 15HCP, X is an reasonable option,

of course one should downgrade the North hand.

Q2 2H

Q3 your auction will do the job, since North will bid 2S over 2H,

showing a strong hand with 5 spades.

South may even try for slam, with a 4C splinter, but North

will just sign of in game.

After a 1S overcall, you will also reach 4S, although most likely

South wont make a splinter bid.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

 

PS: Just read the suggestion to 4H with the South hand, I am not 100%

convinced that 4H is THE BID, but I agree, that 2H is not enough, so lets

change 2H to 3H.

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Q1 1S, but a partnership agreement, playing an oldfashioned style,

      overcalls being limited to roughly 15HCP, X is an reasonable option,

      of course one should downgrade the North hand.

This was my partner's response to the question on why he didn't bid 1S.

 

Question...is it really an "oldfashioned style" that overcalls are limited to 15? I thought that was pretty standard.

 

I still think 1S is the better bid after downgrading a point or so for 2 unsupported queens, but didn't think Double was as bad a bid as Kenrexford did.

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