[navit]

W N E S

_ P P IC

P 1H P ?


What should S rebid?[NORTHSOUTH=?????,????,Unknown,J53,J863,K82,J98,AQ9,AKQ5,10,KQ765]

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[inquiry]

A popular choice will be 4♦ splinter. I think that is fine. The one thing south can nont do is make a non-forcing bid like 3♥, and I can not see what good a 2♠ bid will do here. So the only choices I think are 4♦ and 4♥,

[mike777]

navit, on May 21 2007, 05:50 PM, said:

W N E S

_ P P IC

P 1H P ?


What should S rebid?[NORTHSOUTH=?????,????,Unknown,J53,J863,K82,J98,AQ9,AKQ5,10,KQ765]

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With a 3 loser hand and long minor prefer to open this hand 2clubs, but many disagree.

I guess now you just rebid 4d, splinter and pass if partner rebids 4H.

[goobers]

Obviously worth a GF... I don't know too many fancy systems, with some partners I splinter, and with others I just bid 4H.

If there is a slam here, partner will move again.

[Echognome]

This will be either a 3♦ or 4♦ splinter depending on how you have defined each of these.

[jchiu]

Defining the difference between 3♦ and 4♦ is very important. In my established partnerships, I play 3♦ is a mini/maxi splinter to differentiate it from 4♦, a distributional raise to 4♥. The mini splinter is a distributional raise to 3♥ with four-card heart support and at most one diamond. In the particular auction, this bid is not game forcing only if responder rebids 3♥. If opener moves over an attempted signoff, either by cuebidding another suit (could be clubs) or raising to 4♥, then he has the maxi splinter. This is a sound raise to 4♥ with mild slam interest, although the sequence 1♣-1♥-3♦-3♥-Cuebid usually ends in game. However, the largest gain comes when responder can cuebid a suit on the way to 4♥ and begin the slam investigation lower.

This particular hand is a textbook example of a 3♦ maxi splinter.

[cnszsun]

The problem with 4♦ is what's your next move after partner bid 4♥. He will always do that with ♠K and ♦A or even ♠K and ♣A, right?
But without gadgets like what jchiu said, I have to bid 4♦ too.

[han]

Agree with Jason.

[skjaeran]

I rebid 3♦ here. If partner accepts the (initial) game try, he'll cue on the way to 4♥. If partner rebids 3♥, I'll cue 3♠ next.

A 4♦ rebid would show a void in my methods.

[redbird97]

I like 4d (Splinter). That way you can feel you have gotten it off your chest.