when do free bid show more values ?

[benlessard]

(1C)--X--(1D)--???

 

does 1H show values ?

 

what does it takes to bid 2H.

[Cascade]

Yes 1♥ shows values. Nominally around 6-9 hcp with four hearts.

 

I bid 2♥ with more hearts but I am not sure that is standard.

[hanp]

Yeah shows values, but not necessarily as many as 6. I prefer to play 2H exactly as without the 1D bid.

[gwnn]

KJxx and a hint of a feature (a singleton, or a jack somewhere) is enough for 1H. 2H is the same as without 2♦ but I guess sometimes you can downgrade for something like QJx in diamonds.

[OleBerg]

I'd bid 1♥ with hearts and anything resembling an excuse.

 

2♥ would require a 5-bagger in my wiew, and 6 good hcp.

 

Playing X as diamonds seems a little silly here, 4-4 in the majors would be better.

 

Come to think of it, I can hardly believe how ell placed we are, if our agreements are in place.

 

(Yet, I cannot remember ever having seen the sequence.)

[gwnn]

Ole would you also play x of 1♦-x-2♣ as 4-4 in the majors? It looks like there you are in bigger problems with 44 there since you have less room. Opps psyching in both cases seems very unlikely to be sure.

[OleBerg]

Ole would you also play x of 1♦-x-2♣ as 4-4 in the majors? It looks like there you are in bigger problems with 44 there since you have less room. Opps psyching in both cases seems very unlikely to be sure.

I would.