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[andrei]

IMP, unfav

 

A987xx

Qxx

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xxx

 

(1♥) - ?

[aguahombre]

oops, thought we were responding to 1H. Disregard the vote for "other".

[Phil]

1♠. Understand pass. I do not understand 2♠.

[dkham]

If we're playing weak jump overcalls I'm bidding 2♠.

 

You could argue the hand is too weak, but there's plus points too - most of your points in spades, a singleton, and if opps play in hearts they will misguess the queen of hearts.

[Phil]

If we're playing weak jump overcalls I'm bidding 2♠.

 

You could argue the hand is too weak, but there's plus points too - most of your points in spades, a singleton, and if opps play in hearts they will misguess the queen of hearts.

 

Here's why 2♠ is atrocious:

 

1. Your are r/w which is the high rent district for doubled penalties.

 

2. Your suit sucks. Not only are you missing the intermediate honors, but you have the Ace which is a trick. And you have the ♥Q. Would you be at all surprised to go for 800 when 4♥ was being set? I wouldn't be.

 

3. ♥Qxx is a terrible holding. It points to extra spade length in LHO.

[aguahombre]

Completely agree that 2♠ is atrocious at unfavorable. Have never tried a simple overcall out of fright, because I just had to do something and had way below the expected strength. But, maybe others have good experiences from doing that.

[Yu18772]

Pass for me, considered 1♠, 2♠ looks like out of space.

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[lalldonn]

1♠. Understand pass. I do not understand 2♠.

I understand 2♠ in the sense that I know what might motivate someone to choose it. But it's still a completely terrible bid of course.