Fit or not ?

[the_clown]

OK, nicely done making both suits minors. But what if you held Axxx x Kxxxxxx x in first seat, would you open that? If not and if it goes

 

p - 1C - 1H - 3C

??

 

can you then bid your diamonds?

 

 

No I will not open and I cant bid later. I am not saying its perfect, but I think it helps us do well on the swingy hands (where each side has a big fit in a major). And quite often when you have no support and couldnt open you dont want to bid anyway. I mean if you didnt have 4♠ you would have opened 2/3♦ right? If I had the same hand a xx in !h I would X.

[bluecalm]

This is a major problem with playing 2-way bids or wide ranging transfers in competition

 

I like this point.I think you are right.

[dake50]

This is a major problem with playing 2-way bids or wide ranging transfers in competition. It sounds nice because you have a bid for everything, but if there is more bidding than partner doesn't know what you have.

 

*** Do you mean partner won't be able to continue with a good D-fit?

Nor will I announce a H-fit after showing Diamonds?

Aren't we well out of this auction having no fit for above 4S?

[jogs]

OK, nicely done making both suits minors. But what if you held Axxx x Kxxxxxx x in first seat, would you open that? If not and if it goes

 

p - 1C - 1H - 3C

??

 

can you then bid your diamonds?

 

I held a similar hand in a sectional against strong opponents.

None, as dealer I held Qxxx, xx, __ , KQT9xxx

 

4♣ - X - p - 4♥

4♠ - 5♥ - 5♠ - all pass

 

5♠ went down one. At the other table our teammates played 4♥ making.