Jinksy Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Given RHO opens 1m, and you hold 54(nn), with a decent 11 count and both majors playable, is expert standard to bid 1M, or X? Or does it depend on your other minor holding/the major you hold/other stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Given RHO opens 1m, and you hold 54(nn), with a decent 11 count and both majors playable, is expert standard to bid 1M, or X? Or does it depend on your other minor holding/the major you hold/other stuff? My tendency is to bid 1♠ if that's my five-card suit. With 4♠-5♥, it depends on suit quality and minor suit shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2005 Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 minors really irrelevant unless your 5♠ really bad and have 3+ of other minor then X becomes a possibility,1♠ is common as leaves you with rebid.With 5♥ double more likely as you have no rebid but still 1♥ preferred, rebids aren't as important for overcalls as openings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesleyC Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 I've noticed that (at least among the experts in Australia/Asia) older players lean towards doubling more often, while younger players lean towards bidding. Obviously there are a lot of influencing factors, such as support for the other minor, suit quality, vulnerability etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahydra Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 I would normally bid 1S unless I had 5 bad spades and 3 of the other minor. For hearts I'd be prepared to X on 22 minors. My bidding is a long way from expert standard though :-) ahydra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Bidding the 5 carder is certainly the norm.You have the cue available to show both and a 54 shape,if you cannot decide. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Double with (54)(31) if the singleton is RHO's suit and the five card suit is not great. Especially if my suit is hearts. In some partnerships it is systemic to make a cuebid with 5-4. I think this is a good agreement against a potentially short 1♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 I generally much prefer to overcall unless the suit is bad, in which case I am happy to treat it as only having 4 cards. Not sure if I would qualify as young under Wesley's definition though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinidad Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 My "Expert standard" is that you can do either, overcall or double, and it depends on a few factors. Some of the deciding factors are (in no particular order): The relative strength of the five card suit (strong -> overcall; weak -> double)The distribution in the minors (long in opponents' minor -> overcall; short -> double)The overall strength of the hand (strong: close to double and bid suit -> double; weak -> overcall)Lead directing value (if you want to direct a lead in the five card suit-> overcall; if you don't -> double) Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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