Ant590 Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Hey, Suppose you're one of the 1M -- 2♣ is natural GF or balanced GF crowd that seems to be the in thing here on the forums. How would you play the following sequence: 1♠ -- 2♦2♠ -- 2NT 2=2=6=3 ish? Or something more exotic? Cheers,Ant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowerline Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Hey, Suppose you're one of the 1M -- 2♣ is natural GF or balanced GF crowd that seems to be the in thing here on the forums. How would you play the following sequence: 1♠ -- 2♦2♠ -- 2NT 2=2=6=3 ish? Or something more exotic? Cheers,Ant. Why not 2=4=5=2 or 2=2=5=4? Or should I have bid 2♣ with these as well? Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Could easily be 1-3-6-3 or 1-3-5-4 or even 1-4-5-3. This really is not a big problem. 2NT after 2♦ shows a balanced or semi-balanced hand, a diamond suit, some values in the rounded suits and no spade support worth mentioning. If 2♦ was game forcing, it might have extra values which can be shown later. If 2♦ was not game forcing, then 2NT could be either game forcing or invitational, depending on whether the partnership limits its non-forcing 2/1 to rebids by responder of his suit. But the basic point is that 2NT is natural with a diamond suit and no spade support in this auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdanno Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 2N is the cheapest possible bid and can be used with many hands. It does not promise a balanced or semi-balanced hand, nor does it promise stoppers in the unbid suits. To say it differently: 3S shows 3 spades, 3H shows LOTS of stuff in the reds (6-4 typically), 3D shows goood diamonds, and 3C really shows a lot in the minors (can be 5-4, but then really with a lot of concentration of values and probably no heart stopper). 2N is everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 2N shows neither a balanced hand nor both unbid suits stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 cherdanno said it very eloquently, not much to add or remove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Even if 2♣ can be balanced without clubs you still generally want to bid 2♦ on 2353 I would think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 only on good diamonds I would think, say 60% of all 2353s. oh now I see you said 'generally' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 2♦ would be the rule rather than the exception I would think. In other words 'good diamonds' being like 80% of the time. Anyway whatever % the point being this shape goes in the 2NT rebid as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant590 Posted April 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Ok, cheers everyone --- message received and understood :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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