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Polish club, what do you make of this auction?


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Are we playing WJ05? If so, a 5134 19-count is about what I would expect from opener's bidding. (1:1,2 would promise a good 6-carder - anything less than that in the 18-20HCP range has to bid 1). Apart from that, I haven't got a clue what's going on. The WJ document says that 2 is not game-forcing, but it's not clear about when you can stop below game (except in 3). And what are the inferences from responder having chosen to rebid 1NT rather than 2? :P

 

Oh, never mind, I'll just punt 3NT. :)

 

By the way, what is 1:1,1:1NT,2?

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How would you interpret this auction (opps pass) in Polish Club:

 

1 - 1

1 - 1NT

2 - 3

 

and what would you bid holding 5134 and a 19-count?

2 intead of 1NT would have shown diamonds so we can exclude that 3 is natural. In that case it must be game forcing (I would bid 2NT with all 5-6 point hands without 3 spades) and showing values in diamonds. Opener shall bid 3 now to deny a heart stopper. With a heart stopper responder will bid 3NT, without that he will bid 4 or 4. Over 3NT and 4 opener should pass, over 4 he should bid 5 or even 5 with strong clubs. 6 may easily be on.

 

Gábor

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As other people have noted, there are a LOT of different Polish Club variants out there. One of the big differentiating factors is the set of hand types that are buried in the the 1 response to the strong club opening. For example, playing Matula's version, responser could have a number of game invitational hand types with primary Diamonds.

 

This isn't a sequence that I'd like to trot out in a first time partnership...

However, if I had to make a guess, I'd say that responder is showing Diamond values with secondary Spade support. Perhaps

 

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