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They make a natural 1NT overcall in sandwich seat


gnasher

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You're basically asking if 2 now should be forcing?

I would say "yes". If you're weak (and would have passed without the 1NT) same reasons for passing apply , only more so :

opener's 2 after the 1NT is surely a (good?) 6 card suit.

Agreeing that 2 is nf , only "correcting" the partscore , seems to imply you think that you should not explore for (and make) a game once they overcalled 1NT.

While the 1NT bid shows a good hand , I dont think opening side should be giving up on exploring/inviting/making game just yet.

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Good question. Normally i play that 2H here would be an artificial GF, but here I would assume that's off and 2H is NF. We have not discussed this though, and I wouldn't risk it at the table.

 

Having said that it is a good question, I think that responder will almost always pass or bid 2NT, 3D or 3NT.

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I would avoid saying this in B/I, but I would keep my agreements, because otherwise the people who bid a sandwich NT, "16-18" with 6 clubs and out will eat me alive. Does it happen? Well, it has against me, twice that I can remember (well, once it was a 2434 yarborough, but he was still right, at favourable - he would have taken the same one trick he was getting on defence, for -1400).
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I would avoid saying this in B/I, but I would keep my agreements, because otherwise the people who bid a sandwich NT, "16-18" with 6 clubs and out will eat me alive. Does it happen? Well, it has against me, twice that I can remember (well, once it was a 2434 yarborough, but he was still right, at favourable - he would have taken the same one trick he was getting on defence, for -1400).

Interesting. With most partners I play (1)-x-(1)-x as showing spades, but don't have any other bids to allow for the opponents to have psyched. I wonder what else is out there...

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1 pass 1 1NT

2 pass ?

 

The 1NT overcall is natural.

 

Do responder's bids here have the same meaning as without the intervention, or does the overcall change things?

 

Yes, unless there has been a specific partnersip agreement to the contrary, Responder's bids should have the same meaning as in an uncontested auction. It's still possible for the opening side to have game on here.

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What if you want to force? Should you jump? I think you need a forcing bid here.

 

And what if they're confused, 1NT is sandwich showing a weak hand with the unbid suits and they misalerted? Then we'll be in a pretty bad position without something being forcing.

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