masse24 Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 It looks perfectly natural to me.1NT already denied both 3-card hearts and 4-card spades, so 2♠ must show good 3-card spades and deny 4-card diamonds . . . . In my corner of the globe, 2♠ would show a good ♦ raise. In other words . . . not natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Mark me down for pass With luck partner can score a Heart ruff or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 The hand is more valuable on defense than offense - pass and hope to go plus somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dokoko Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Why do you think this needs explicit agreement?It looks perfectly natural to me.1NT already denied both 3-card hearts and 4-card spades, so 2♠ must show good 3-card spades and deny 4-card diamonds, thus also showing weak 5+card clubs. I would take it for a good diamond raise except with a very weak partner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 Why do you think this needs explicit agreement?It looks perfectly natural to me.1NT already denied both 3-card hearts and 4-card spades, so 2♠ must show good 3-card spades and deny 4-card diamonds, thus also showing weak 5+card clubs.You are seriously mistaken. Using 2S to show a very good raise in diamonds is so common, amongst good players that I would assume that my partner would play it that way, were I playing with an unknown expert. Btw, I have seen it used in a more restrictive fashion, as being a very good diamond raise but with Hx in hearts, the idea being to allow opener, with 5 decent hearts, to try for the 10 trick game, but this is so low frequency that I don’t know anyone who plays it that way today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromageGB Posted October 13, 2018 Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 In my corner of the globe, 2♠ would show a good ♦ raise. In other words . . . not natural.An interesting expression. How many corners does your globe have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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