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What is the best bid ?
#1
Posted 2013-June-29, 18:06
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#2
Posted 2013-June-29, 18:51
#3
Posted 2013-June-29, 18:54
#5
Posted 2013-June-29, 19:07
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
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#6
Posted 2013-June-30, 00:30
2NT is NF for me, and I have a big hand due to heart allocation
3♣ is wrong for the same reason
2♠ I kinda like it, but there will be little recovery if partner raises at the 4 level
3♥ is a GF hand with no clear direction, it doesn't deny heart stopper but partner will have no room to investigate at the 3 level so it won't normally work.
#7
Posted 2013-June-30, 05:23
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#8
Posted 2013-June-30, 07:53
#9
Posted 2013-June-30, 08:20
cherdano, on 2013-June-30, 07:53, said:
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#10
Posted 2013-June-30, 09:22
3♣ for me. If pard has something like ♠AK and the ♣A or ♠A ♦K to length ♣A I expect another try as our 2♣ overcalls here are solid.
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#11
Posted 2013-June-30, 14:10
#12
Posted 2013-June-30, 21:45
I think most people play that 3 ♣ would a minimum overcall and be non forcing.
Your ♥ KJ9x are probably worth more than their actual point count because they sit behind the ♥ length.
So I'd take a positive view of the hand and treat it as the equivalent of an opening bid. The most descriptive bid at this point is 2 NT. It says partner I have an opening bid and ♥s stopped. Whatever action partner takes next is likely to move us in the right direction.
2 NT also has the advantage of saving some bidding space. This can be important depending on your response methods to an overcall. If 2 ♠ would have been NF constructive, then 2 NT lets partner show his suit under 3 NT. If partner had a 3 card raise with limit values, partner can still sign off in 3 ♣.
#13
Posted 2013-July-01, 02:41