[Stephen Tu]

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It kind of worked out well for it given that it found its 9 cd fit and the rest of the auction, but why is GIB bidding 1h instead of 1s?

Also: range for 2s seems rather too strong, 17-19 points?? And 4+ spades rather than just 4 spades? I think the range should be weaker and North shouldn't be so eager to jump to 4s on a 4-3 fit.

[Bbradley62]

Stephen Tu, on 2012-May-21, 12:58, said:

It kind of worked out well for it given that it found its 9 cd fit and the rest of the auction, but why is GIB bidding 1h instead of 1s?

... or making a negative double?

[Stephen Tu]

Bbradley62, on 2012-May-21, 13:23, said:

... or making a negative double?

I don't think making a negative double is a good approach with 6-5 or 5-5 hands. The problem is that negative double only gets partner to support you with *4* card support. With 5-5 or better you are generally better off bidding the suits, which will get partner to at least support double on 3 if next player raises, and partner playing you for such shape when you bid more later. There's a lot of difference between 6-5 and 4-4 which a neg-x implies.