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How should West proceed?

#1 User is offline   AL78 

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Posted 2022-July-08, 14:02

MPs, playing Acol weak NT with an inexperienced partner I picked up this hand:

Q
2
AKT82
AKQT76

I opened 1, partner responded 1, I bid 2, partner did a panic pass because she didn't know what to do and hadn't appreciated a reverse is forcing.

Partner held:

KJ73
QJ94
973
95

I can understand partner's lack of enthusiasm with a minimal response and none of the HCP in my suits, and when I cashed the two top diamonds and led the spade queen, South ducked so I emerged with 11 tricks. 3NT is cold and was the popular contract.

Assuming the absence of Lebensohl, would you say 2NT is a reasonable second bid opposite the reverse?
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Posted 2022-July-08, 15:02

No real experience in Acol, but 2 looks more reasonable than 2NT, excluding some agreement where the latter is appropriate (no experience of Lebensohl over reverse or Ingbermann, I wouldn't use 2NT Moderateur here).
In any case all roads lead to 3NT.

Not recognising forcing bids is a serious problem and sometimes an excuse for masterminding.
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