kiwinacol Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Hello all, playing 2/1 with 2C* check back on invitational hand: East (dealer) S Q854 H AK4 D - C KJ9843 West S AT9 H 6 D KQ7432 C Q76 our bidding: 1C 1D, 1S 2C*, 2D** 3D, 3NT 2D** forced on weak hands. Is this just a bad hand for our system or is there a better sequence? thanks, kiwinacol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Hard to say without knowing your system - on RR, what would 2♦, 2NT, 3♣ and 3♦ have been? On the third round, what are 2♥, 2NT and 3♣? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I am not sure if Zel covered this (I don't know what RR means) but I ask what about the 1S rebid. In a Walsh style this pretty much promises some shape, in which case a 3C call over 2D might be best. I don't play xyz so I am speaking from ignorance here, bit it does seem like 3D places partner in a difficult spot. You have a stiff heart and the opps have not come in (on an auction that began 1C-1D), making it likely that partner has at least a couple of them. If we can assume that he has five clubs, then we have a fit in clubs and we probably don't have a fit in diamonds. This all assumes the spade bid shows five, or more, clubs. With four clubs and four spades he could have rebid 1H with four hearts, or he could have rebid 1NT holding three hearts (and thus two diamonds) . I'm not claiming 3C is a great bid, but if it shows invit values and a club fit it seems to give partner more of an opportunity to find the right answer. Btw, is it clear that 5C is a great contract? We have five club tricks, two hearts, a ruff, the spade A, a developable diamond, that's ten. There are decent chances for 11, but if partner passes 3C this might not be bad. Probably better than 3NT where you have 9 developable tricks but the opps are likely to take 5 first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I don't play these methods either but depending on your methods over a 1nt rebid by opener, 1♠ instead virtually guarantees 5+ clubs for many including myself. That makes the 3♦ bid a particularly bad idea. Nobody I know goes out of their way to bypass 3nt at mp's. So 3♦ is the problem but I don't know the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2005 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 3♣ inviting in known fit assuming 1♠ promises 5♣ seems better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 I don't know what RR meansIn this case it was meant as Responder's Rebid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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