jillybean Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 (P) P (1♦) P(1N) 2♦ ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 The same as (1♦)-2♦. I.e. if I play Michaels I also play it here. However, it can be substantially weaker than a direct-seat Michaels, for these reasons:- We can't bid 1M with a hand too weak for Michaels so we should be allowed to bid Michaels with any 5-5 hand that is worth bidding- Responder has show some values so our prospects of game are smaller- Responder has denied a four-card major so our chance of a fit is bigger- As it happens we are a passed hand but even if we were not, the three above still apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted September 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Thanks Helene, how about this auction? (P) P (1♦) P(1N) P (P) 2♦ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 The first surely shows the Majors, the second one I'm not so sure as there was a previous chance to show the Majors before. Anyway it could be 4-4 in the Majors or something like that. It might also be a weak hand with diamonds, which might go along fine with X being 'I have diamonds'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 The second one shows diamonds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BunnyGo Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 The second one shows diamonds. agreed. The first shows the majors, with all of helene's descriptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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