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Partner and I had several misunderstandings on this deal, and the post mortem reflects continuing style disagreements. I will present this in several "installments" to focus on each decision point. Here is the first. Do you reopen this auction (playing with a good partner against random BBO opponents)? If yes, what reopening bid do you prefer?

 

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2 . This shows at least 5-5 in the suits bid.

 

If you held something like 872 AKJ98 AJ82 5, you should reopen with a double. This caters to the possibility that partner has made a penalty pass, but also shows a willingness to compete.

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I chose to reopen with a rebid of my strong six card suit instead of the weaker 5 card suit because I thought there was a good chance that I would have an opportunity to bid 3 later over either 2 or 3. If partner holds 2 small and 3 small , I want him to take me back to . There is also the possibility after I reopen that LHO will bid and RHO will raise to game. At equal vul, I am not prepared to bid 5, so partner would be on lead against 4. If partner has Ax, I do not want to encourage him to lead that suit.

 

Anyway, the high spirits continue with partner jumping to 3NT. What should I do now?

 

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your options previous round were double and 2, 2 doesn't compute.

Even 3 computes better than 2 on my calculator.... I think OP might find it hard to find many people who would consider 2 seriously, which makes it a bit tricky to continue the bidding in the situation in which we now find ourselves - though I agree with Fluffy that pass seems the best we can do.

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