[kgr]

RHO opens 2H weak.
You have at MP's nobody vulnerable:
KJTxxx-v-xxx-KJT8
what do you bid and what is your plan?

[hrothgar]

kgr, on Mar 27 2007, 02:32 AM, said:

RHO opens 2H weak.
You have at MP's nobody vulnerable:
KJTxxx-v-xxx-KJT8
what do you bid and what is your plan?

I pass

My plan depends enormously on what partner and LHO do.

I wouldn't be surprised to see the auction go

(2♥) - P - (3♥) - All pass

[Apollo81]

2♠ overcall

[awm]

Hmm... it seems like if I passed initially and heard 2♥-P-3♥-P-P, then bidding 3♠ is relatively easy. Here I know that LHO doesn't have enough values to look for game, and that the opponents have a real heart fit (so we likely have a spade fit). The main concern of bidding is that partner will take me for a better hand than I have and we will get overboard, but my initial pass has taken care of this...

Hands like these make me wish opponents were playing multi. Then I could pass and be assured of a chance to get in later, with the balancing call showing a weaker hand.

With that said, over the actual 2♥ preempt I think I'd bid 2♠. Hopefully partner will realize I have the short hearts and give me some slack.

[pclayton]

2S.

If I knew LHO was going to raise hearts, I could reopen at the 3 or 4 level.

Im specifically worried 2H - p - p even though pard rates to have a stack.

Im also concerned about 2H - p - 3N where we might need a spade lead out.

[bid_em_up]

While instinctively, I would like to be able to bid 2♠ freely, I am a firm believer in you dont preempt a preempt, which is essentially what you are doing when you bid 2♠ on this holding. A direct 2♠ needs to be based on approximate opening values, in order that partner can better judge later in the auction.

[mike777]

2s, heck this is an opening hand yes?

[han]

2S. This is what the good players do on Vugraph.

[inquiry]

2♠... 26 zars, good intermediates, long suit, how can I pass?

[gwnn]

I bid 2♠. Then I'll pass anything but a cuebid by p. in which case I'll rebid my spades at the lowest appropriate level.

(btw at IMP's I think I'd pass, bidding is slightly pushing it)

[whereagles]

2♠. A bit lightish, but the only bid by pard opposite which I have less than the expected playing strength is 3NT

[whereagles]

huh? dbl post? pls del ^^

[whereagles]

trpl post. pwnzed ^^^^

[kgr]

Scoring: MP

(2H)-2S-(4H)-6S-All Pass

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I did bid 2S and partner raised to 6S when LHO did bid 4H. (I had a little hope when, after ruffing H lead and playing trumps; I played a small club, RHO the 9, the T from me and LHO the Ace.)
Probably I better bid from partner is 5H as a limit for 6S (assuming 5S would ask a H control)? But this was not discussed!?
I you pass then LHO raises to 4H and partner will pass. Would you bid 4S when it comes back to you?

[whereagles]

6♠ is lazy. Even if overcaller had the ♦A on top of his hand, slam would still be close to hopeless.

And I'm not even mentioning hands where 2♠ overcaller has a singleton heart...

[pbleighton]

"2s, heck this is an opening hand yes?"

ROFL.

Mike, you should write a book on Bipolar Bidding.

Peter

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

it is close, if you followi Marshall Miles advice,
you should bid 2S. MP / IMP does not matter.
The playing strength is ok.

With kind regards
Marlowe