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What do you bid? After a forcing NT

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Posted 2009-December-14, 16:41

You hold:

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Jx
KT7xx
QJxx

Being red your partner opens 1, you bid 1NT (forcing) and partner responds 2, what's your bid? Why?

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Posted 2009-December-14, 16:47

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Posted 2009-December-14, 16:54

2

It's as good a fit as we know about, it describes our hand in case partner has any relevant decision to make later, it pays better than our other possible fits, and it preempts a 2!H balance.
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Posted 2009-December-14, 17:37

If my partner bids 2, I bid 2. I play Bart, but the hand is not good enough or right for 2...3. Not playing Bart, I might consider 2 more, but 2 still seems to be the long winner.
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Posted 2009-December-14, 17:43

Is pass a bad bid? Clubs have to be at least third.

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Posted 2009-December-14, 17:55

Hanoi5, on Dec 14 2009, 06:43 PM, said:

Is pass a bad bid? Clubs have to be at least third.

Not for all of us. I, for one, like 6-4-4-2 on rebids (2 is usually 6+, 2 is 5+/4+, 2 is 5+/4+, 2 is 5+/2+). Granted, this may only come up when Opener is specifically 5332, but that is not a ridiculously bizarre holding.
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Posted 2009-December-14, 17:56

If I bid 2 I don't plan to accept any invite so I might as well pass now before we get too high.
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Posted 2009-December-14, 18:29

helene_t, on Dec 14 2009, 06:56 PM, said:

If I bid 2 I don't plan to accept any invite so I might as well pass now before we get too high.

Agree with this. Since we've found a fit, I'd like a bit more for 2, since 2 looks like a good spot.

With a 2443 and the same strength, I'd bid 2.
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Posted 2009-December-14, 18:49

Pass.

I would give preference more often than not with 2-4, but here I don't want partner to bid more and my clubs are good and spades just two small. They may bid hearts but it is far from safe for them to enter because I'll often have a singleton spade when I pass in this sequence. Obviously you have to bid 2 if partner can have a doubleton club but I wouldn't expect that without prior agreement.
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Posted 2009-December-14, 19:36

Hanoi5, on Dec 14 2009, 05:41 PM, said:

You hold:

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KT7xx
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Being red your partner opens 1, you bid 1NT (forcing) and partner responds 2, what's your bid? Why?

2s wtp...easy.

Pard can be 5=3=3=2.
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Posted 2009-December-14, 23:02

I already bid 2S, not 1N. Save 2-noises to 2S for same hand, but S-Kx.
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Posted 2009-December-15, 00:12

mike777, on Dec 14 2009, 08:36 PM, said:

Hanoi5, on Dec 14 2009, 05:41 PM, said:

You hold:

xx
Jx
KT7xx
QJxx

Being red your partner opens 1, you bid 1NT (forcing) and partner responds 2, what's your bid? Why?

2s wtp...easy.

Pard can be 5=3=3=2.

No they can't. At least, not if they are my partner (as we agree to bid 2 on that or 2 if spades are good and diamonds suck). Last I'd heard, that was reasonably standard.. and the 2 required an alert if it could be short but not positive on that.
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Posted 2009-December-15, 01:15

2S. Partner's common hand types include 5-3-2-3. This hand is not strong enough to invite and passing 2C would be desperation not called for.
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Posted 2009-December-15, 02:58

2S.

We have nothing to be ashamed of, if we play constructive raises,
partner knowes, that he may face only 4HCP (or even less).

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