benlessard Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 all vul 1Nt--(X)---??? KT98xxTxxxxxx 1Nt is 12-14 may have 5M the sos system is XX= 2/3 suiter2y = to play all further XX is sos meaning that as long as they X you can make partner declarer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 2S. Why should I make it easy for them to exchange information? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 2S. Why should I make it easy for them to exchange information?and let's preempt them. BTW, I prefer a style in which responder has 2 ways to show a spade 1 suiter (and I consider this a 1-suiter)....bidding directly allows opener to raise with an appropriate hand with 4 card support while redoubling then 2♠ tells opener that we have no interest in competing to the 3-level. There are arguments for and against this, of course. This is a hand on which I would be happy to compete to the 3 level if he felt so inclined (he doesn't do it just because he has 4 trumps). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfa1010 Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Also 2♠. BTW, I prefer a style in which responder has 2 ways to show a spade 1 suiter (and I consider this a 1-suiter)....bidding directly allows opener to raise with an appropriate hand with 4 card support while redoubling then 2♠ tells opener that we have no interest in competing to the 3-level. There are arguments for and against this, of course. This is a hand on which I would be happy to compete to the 3 level if he felt so inclined (he doesn't do it just because he has 4 trumps).I play such a style, but we would need quite some more than this to show a "good" 2♠. Opener is on the other hand allowed to compete on (virtually) all 4 card fits or a good hand with 3. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Given the OP agreements, 2♠ is just right. He didn't ask, but a thread on alternative agreements would be interesting to some people I know who use weak NT. The comments on two ways to show spades are important in determining whether 2S can be bid, here; but taking up their whole 2-level certainly is a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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