mgoetze Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 [hv=d=n&v=0&b=1&a=1sp1np2hp3dp3h]133|100[/hv]Playing 2/1, 1NT was "semiforcing", responder's direct 3♦ would have been natural and invitational. Is 3♥ now forcing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 I could be wrong, but I don't think so. Opener has shown a minimum (up to about 18) two suiter, and responder has shown a misfitting hand with diamonds. Or so it seems to me, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 If you play wjs so that 3d here is invitational you could play 3h as forcing but that is not standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRBanger Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Assuming 2♥ is not forcing, I guess the question is: "Should 3♥ now be forcing?" I think not. Responder has shown a weak hand with long diamonds, and opener could be quite weak with 6-5 M's. Ok, I always take a pessimistic view. But with diamond support we might raise with: AKxxxAxxxxQxxvoid ...or bid 5D, or even cue-bid the void! 1♠-1NT-2H-3D-4H is interesting too, because this must show some diamond support (opener's hand just got better). Maybe something like: AQxxxxAxxxxKxvoid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 No. 2H wasn't forcing; 3D wasn't forcing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinksy Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 3♥ barely seems like it should even exist. 3♦ is presumably a hand with no game interest but arbitrarily many diamonds, so opener needs something pretty extreme to push for his second suit - it seems to me he should have 6-6 in the majors (conceivably 5-6 if he'd open 1♠ with that]). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMoe Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 The 3♥ rebid promsies 5-5 and 15-17 HCP. Responder bids accordingly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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