Chamaco Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Matchpoints, nobody vulnerable You are North, holding:AKQ62-97-K86-JT5 South (pard) deals and opens 1H, and bidding uncontested, goes: 1H-1S2D-3C3D-? What do you bid here ? The response should comply with the following agreements with partner:we play 5 card majors with 2D opening = Multi, and 2H and 2S are natural, strong semiforcing openings (1R force) including about 18-21 single suiters or 2 suiters. That means that pard has shown a weak 55 (a good 55 would have jumped to 3D, and a really strong 55 would have opened a semiforcing 2H). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 More 4th suit problems it seems. Tough things they are. 3♠ to emphasize my strong holding there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytoox Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 I would raise to 4D. Pd can still show doubleton spade support by bidding 4S. I think pd's 3D denied club stopper, otherwise he would forsee my problem and avoid it by bidding 3N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 3♠. Let's see if partner is 2-5-5-1 or 1-5-5-2. He may even choose to raise to 4♠ with the latter holding. If he rebids 4♦, I will raise and hope he has xAKxxxAQxxxxx Even with AJ10xx 5♦ has play. Same applies if he has AQxxx in hearts. I don't want to mastermind and pass 4♦ although that could be the last winning spot. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker_gib Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 3♠ : shows where values are and leave all options open ! ;) Alain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 3♠, most flexible bid to ask more information about opener's hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Both 3S and 5D seem ok to me. I might try 3S since I don't mind playing 4S opposite xx support and singleton club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 4D. Starting a slam investigation, he may have a singleton / void inClubs afterall. It's MP, we know that 3NT does nothave chances, and we have a fit ina minor, lets investigate the 6 level. With kind regardsMarlowe PS: Because several guys, did suggest3S, you forgot to tell us, what a direct 2S bid and what a 3S bid instead of the 3C bid would have been? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamaco Posted May 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 PS: Because several guys, did suggest3S, you forgot to tell us, what a direct 2S bid and what a 3S bid instead of the 3C bid would have been? After 1H:1S:2D:? 3S = invitational, NF2S = weak NF, less than invitational The forcing single suiter woul be 1H:2S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 PS: Because several guys, did suggest3S, you forgot to tell us, what a direct 2S bid and what a 3S bid instead of the 3C bid would have been? After 1H:1S:2D:? 3S = invitational, NF2S = weak NF, less than invitational The forcing single suiter woul be 1H:2S.Hi from this follows, that 3S in the seq. 1H-1S2D-3C3D-3S showes either1) a strong 6 card suit, reponder holding a 6-4 shape or2) a ragged 6 card suit I will go with 1), because we are talking about spades,and the seq. 1H - 2S is the star among the seq. involving strong jumb shifts,i.e. it should be used, when there is a slight excuse,and since I voted for 4D ... ;) With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 4♦, my partners would raise my 3♠ to 4 with singleton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Wouldn't it have been nice if 3♦ was forcing over 2♦? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 4♦, my partners would raise my 3♠ to 4 with singleton. 3H Exactly Willing to play in 5-1 fit? Perhaps that is winning bid! MP is a goofy game. P has no great reason to rebid 4D with AQxxx and they have denied strong or "good" 2 suiter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartA Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 4♦, my partners would raise my 3♠ to 4 with singleton. 4♦ seems obvious to me. If partner's hand were 2-5-5-1, he could bid 4♠ over 4♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 4♦, my partners would raise my 3♠ to 4 with singleton. 4♦ seems obvious to me. If partner's hand were 2-5-5-1, he could bid 4♠ over 4♦. Why is 4s in a 5-2 ok but 5d so much better than 4h in 5-2 at MP? P may have decent hearts or chose to bid 3s over 3h or rebid 4d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytoox Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 4♦, my partners would raise my 3♠ to 4 with singleton. 4♦ seems obvious to me. If partner's hand were 2-5-5-1, he could bid 4♠ over 4♦. Why is 4s in a 5-2 ok but 5d so much better than 4h in 5-2 at MP? P may have decent hearts or chose to bid 3s over 3h or rebid 4d. Playing in 4S, you can ruff club in the short trump hand. But playing in 4H, you have to ruff in the long trump hand. That might create a problem. In the sequence, 1S is marked 5 spades. So I dont think bidding rebidding 3S is a good choice. As fluffy said, pd should raise to 4S with singleton SJ. But you probably dont want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 That is why we give partner a choice over 3h. P can rebid 4h or 3s or 4d. Sure hand may play better in 4s or 5d than 4h but lets get partner involved. They sometimes make correct decision on imperfect information. Rebidding 3s or 4d takes 4h option in 5-2 out of picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 i'm bidding 4♦... i like to play it as rkc, but not everyone does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigpenz Posted May 14, 2005 Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 i would bid 3♠my regular partner and I play that in an uncontested auction that bypasses 3NT that 4♦ is RKCB for ♦'s, if the suit was ♣'s then 4♣ would be RKCB for ♣'s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamaco Posted May 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 In the sequence, 1S is marked 5 spades. So I dont think bidding rebidding 3S is a good choice. No, 3C = 4th suit forcing does not necessarily promise 5+ spades.Sure, many times it will, but it might come as well from a GF balanced hand with only 4 spades, without clubs stopper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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