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Balancing over weak 2D


the_dude

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Easy for me. I play DAPO*.

I have 2-suits takeout: bid the suit not held.

Here 2H shows S+C.

Next 2NT/3NT to show D-stop.

Double would be 3-suiter takeout OR 1-suiter to show next.

2S: H+C. 3C: S+H. Jump: 1-suiter shown.

 

Without DAPO, I try 2S. Hope that denies H-interest. 3NT over 3H.

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West opens Weak 2 .. passed around to South. Are you bidding, and if so, what?

I ask East if they have any partnership understanding/experience about playing multi 2 or transfer pre-empts :)

 

2NT, and hope opener won't lead .

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I've always thought that Roman Jumps are best used over a Weak-2D ... rather than any Lebensohl.

 

Roman ( big-2 suiter ) Jumps over weak-2D:

4C = C/H = bid suit and next higher

3H = H/S

3S = S/C

4D = 4 4 1 4

3D = stop-ask ( for 3NT )

4H/4S = to play

 

Just guessing what the DBL would mean:

DBL! = T/O ( weaker than 4D! ) OR long suit somewhere ( like Dake's DAPO, but I don't know the follow-ups )

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Barring that I am playing some ridiculous exclusion takeout that won't ever work when I have a single suit, except on this particular hand...

 

It seems like a 2 bid leaves us with the best chance of doing well on this board. The problem is that when I am having problems in 3N with heart stoppers, I may have the same problem in 4, especially if it's a 4-3 fit. I'm willing to take that chance though, it seems like bidding 2N is just advertising my diamond holding, and LHO will be leading hearts very often. I would bid 2.

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