straube Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 You are South and Dealer. Vul vs Vul. Imps. If possible your RHO will overcall 1H. Your RHO will not double a 1H response. ............T943............JT965............AQ3............9J72........................654...........................A8732T862.....................J5JT732...................AQ64............AKQ8............KQ............K974............K85 Outcomes 4S N SCREAM4S S Moscito4S S IMPrecision4S N Polish Club4S S Silent Club4S S New Big Club4S S Zelandakh1HX E Jasmine Club1HX E TOSR Mbodell Meckwell Light opens 2Nrelknes opens 2NPrecision by Free opens 2N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 I'd open 2N. I guess this isn't a spoiler :P I can't really give an auction where I start with 1C since the idea of playing a strong 2N with strong club is to help with your competitive auctions when you open 1C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relknes Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 I also open 2N on these cards, rather than 1♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straube Posted January 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 I'd open 2N. I guess this isn't a spoiler :P I can't really give an auction where I start with 1C since the idea of playing a strong 2N with strong club is to help with your competitive auctions when you open 1C. However do you handle your weak 5/5 minors? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 The MOSCITO auction will be 1♣ - 1N 1N = unbalanced with 5+ Hearts2♣ - 2♦ 2♦ = Hearts and (Spades or Clubs)2♥ - 2N 2N = ♥ + ♠4♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FM75 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 OCPFor us, partner has 11-15, but not 13-15 balanced to semi-balanced. No 5cM, no 5 or 6 card clubs with a 4 card major, and no 5 strong club (approx 4 of top 5), also no 6 card major, and does not have 5-9 with 55m. On average we have less than 1 hcp advantage about 6.2 fit in each major, roughly 6.8 card fit in minors. RHO has an average 4.7 advantage over partner in hcp. I have less than 11 hcp. The most likely options are pass, and X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 That's a 2NT opener for me. Sorry ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 IMprecision (hidden by Straube's request): 1♣ - 1♥ (strong, 4+♠ with 5+ hcp and 2-6RP)1♠ - 2♥ (relay, 4♠ and 5+♥)2♠ - 3♦ (relay, 4531)3♥ - 3NT (relay since slam still possible opposite two red aces, 4RP)4♦ - 4♥ (puppet to 4♥ for signoff, forced)4♠ - Pass (to play) This may go down on heart to ace and heart ruff, followed by club to ace and heart for trump promotion. It seems probable that defending 1♥X or even possibly 1♣X (if opponents run) might be superior. Oh well, sometimes you want opponents to bid and sometimes you don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straube Posted January 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 You are South and Dealer. Vul vs Vul. Imps. If possible your RHO will overcall 1H. Your RHO will not double a 1H response. ............T943............JT965............AQ3............9?........................??........................??........................??........................?............AKQ8............KQ............K974............K85 SCREAM bids this... 1C-1H 16+,2-4 QPs 2C-2D Stayman, 4+ hearts2H-3S 1-2 hearts and 19-20 bal or slightly unbal, GF four spades4S For all our 1H response's faults, one nice thing about our Stayman sequences is that it lets opener play a (usually) 5-2 fit at the 2-level. Opener could alternately relay the hand, but this isn't the greatest 20 count and there's no shortness which will improve the hand or lead to slam. Our system could be revised to better right-side the hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonylee Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Polish:1♣-1♥ (hehe)2N-3♠ (18-23 balanced with exactly 2 hearts; natural)4♠Perhaps the auction will make ♥A and ♥ ruff harder to find? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 2NT-3♦ (19-20 bal ; transfer)3♥-3NT (normal accept ; no SI with exactly 5♥-4♠)4♠-pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbforster Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Silent Club: We don't have strong agreements for interference over 1♣-1♦ (unlike interference over higher GF responses), but I'm expecting a strong NT (extras) would seem better than a takeout double. 1♣-1♦-(1♥) strong; most 0-7, some GFs1N-2♣ extras, balanced stopper (~19-21); stayman (GF smolen planned)2♠-4♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilver Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Hilversums Klaveren (HK) 2NT - 3♦3♥ - 3NT4♠ Expplanation:2NT = 19-20 HCP, balanced3♦ = transfer to ♥3NT = 5- card ♥ and 4-card ♠4♠ = non forcing Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 2N 3C3S 4S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 I am just going to treat the South hand as 18-20 balanced but that means North cannot force a penalty double. Hence 4♠. The overcall does have the effect of transferring declarership to South (it would have been North without it). 1♣ = 15+ nat/bal or 18+ any... - 1♦ = most non-GF(1♥)P = 18-20 any or 23+ bal (or trapping)... - X = relay1NT = 18-20 bal... - 2♣ = Puppet Stayman2♦ = no 5 card major... - 3♣ = 4 card major?3♠ = 4 spades... - 4♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 #12. You are South and Dealer. Vul vs Vul. Imps. If possible your RHO will overcall 1H. Your RHO will not double a 1H response. Jasmine ♣♠ T943 ♥ JT965 ♦ AQ3 ♣ 9: __ 1♦ 1♠ 2♥ 3♠ ♠ AKQ8 ♥ KQ ♦ K974 ♣ K85: 1♣ 1♥ 2♣ 2N 4♠1♣ = Art, 16+.1♦ = Art, 0-7.1♥ = Art, 18+.1♠ = Art, 5-7 shapely or 0-7 Flat2♣ = Art, 20+2♥ = Nat 5-7, 5+ HE.2N = Nat3♠ = Nat.4♠ = Nat.If East overcalls (1♥), South doubles, and (1♥X) is the final contract. Marks, IMO: 1♥X/4♠ = 10. 4♥ = 6. 3N = 5. Partscores = 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 I don't know my agreements, oddly enough. Without the interference, it would go 1♣-1♦;1♥ (hearts or big BAL)-1♠;1NT (20-21)-2♣;2♠-4♠ (or 4♣ splinter-4♠ if I feel like looking for the magic 30-point deck). With the interference, I'm either bidding 1NT (would likely pass 1♥ with balanced minimum, so this should be 19-21 or so, leading to 4♠S) or doubling (intended as "my bid"; partner should work out that I'm not likely to be wanting to show hearts in this auction). Doubling could be exciting, as my next decision could easily be whether leading the Q would show KQ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegmund Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 4S-N in Unassuming: 1C-1H2C-2S (19+ any / natural, 6-9 or 13+)3S-4S (4 spades / confirming 6-9 only) In Malfoir, it's less clear: responder is on the cusp between 1D (0-7 any), 1H (natural 8+) and 1S (natural 8+), because if opener has a minimum hand (and he does 2/3 of the time) he will promise 4 spades and deny 4 hearts, so responder often bids 1S with 4-4 or even 4-5 in the majors. 1C-1H-2NT(19-20; 1NT would be 15-18) followed by a checkback type auction is one obvious path to 4S-S. 1C-1S will lead to 4S-N of course. If North takes the low road, 1C-1D1H-2D (artif, 19-20 bal or huge hand / transfer to hearts)2H (confirming 19-20 bal, 2 or 3 hearts) then north might bid 2S or might just raise NT... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kungsgeten Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 You are South and Dealer. Vul vs Vul. Imps. If possible your RHO will overcall 1H. Your RHO will not double a 1H response. ............T943............JT965............AQ3............9J72........................654...........................A8732T862.....................J5JT732...................AQ64............AKQ8............KQ............K974............K85 Pass 2000pass (0-7 or 17+) - 1C (0-7 or 17+)-(1H);1NT (18-20)-2C (stayman, usually 4 spades if INV);2S-3S;4S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 What is 3♠ Kungsgeten? It seems impossible that this would be an invite with the given hand. Can North splinter over 2♠ or would that show the 17+ hand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kungsgeten Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 What is 3♠ Kungsgeten? It seems impossible that this would be an invite with the given hand. Can North splinter over 2♠ or would that show the 17+ hand? 3S would be a natural and invitational, but you're right, north would probably bid 4S right away. 4C would have been a splinter bid, not implying the strong hand. 2NT would have been a GF relay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 If a 4♣ splinter can be made with the 0-7 hand type then it seems to me to be clearly indicated on the North hand. That would allow you to find rare low-HCP slams that noone else would get close to. If you do not do it with this hand then you may as well specify it as a void splinter instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbodell Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 1♥X E 1♣-1♦(1♥) : 16+ unbal OR 18+ bal; 0-7 or occ 8+ with <2 ctlsX-All pass : take-out; converted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qplus10 Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 1♣1♥(it seems to like giving a positive when it is close)3nt 3nt won the split on the mp score. 1nt is beta 2nt is 16+ forcing balanced and 3nt is 16+ may have a singleton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack502 Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 1♣2♥4♠ 2♥=semi positive 5+ hearts 4 spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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