To Bid or not to Bid

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OleBerg,

 

My agreement is VUL Unu2NT claims little more

than fit makes this our hand.

We don't eagerly show weakness!

 

My agreement includes deviations for 4-5 Unu2NT

especially to warn off the other major.

 

I can see where you project your agreements

into this discussion to find this Unu2NT is wrong.

MY agreement is well-discussed for how strong VUL

and what is allowed when missing other major.

 

Thus, both disciplined to our agreement(Exp) and agreed what is the best (say we) for Unu2NT(Adv).

 

That is Advanced & Expert.

 

Do you see this now?

 

I think using 2N (even by prior agreement) to show a 5/4 hand that can be either way (5D/4C or 4D/5C)is losing bridge because it shows too much preference for the minors and partner can't even tell which minor to support when he is 3/3.

 

I personally like a Michaels bid that promises only 4S with 5H (and many people hate that) because it is a lawful bid (very likely to stay at or below our law level) and because partner knows what to do with 3/3. That's a far cry from a 2N that can be 5/4 or 4/5 because we're likely to wind up above our law level (if we find our best fit at all). If you had the agreement that 2N showed 5/5 but you might do it with specifically 4D/5C and a strong hand, then that might win sometimes, but I still wouldn't like it.

 

Without a 5/5 minor hand, I'd rather bid one of my minors (if suitable) or double (if suitable) or pass.