Posted 2011-November-26, 20:52
I play 2♠ shows 6 cards most of the time and we can bid 2♠ with 5 for the reasons Andy said. But pd acts like i have 6 because even if i have 5, the reasons that made me bid 2♠, makes this a good fit most of the time.
I play 2NT over 2♦ 12-14 or 18-19 5332 or 5224
If you guys are obsessed with stoppers and bidding 2♠ with all 5332 minimums, or with hands that doesnt wanna make a reverse, how about this ?
1♠--2♦
2♠--2NT (use this 2NT as sort of relay and asking precise info about pd's 2♠)
3♣= i didnt wanna make reverse and i am not 5224 either or i wld bid 2NT (or whatever u prefer)
3♦=6♠ and this........
3♥=6♠ and that.....
3♠=7 card
3NT=6♠ and shortness in your suit (or whatever u like)
over 1♠-2♣ its even easier.
I mean if we are frequently rebidding major with 5 card and all 6 cards, we need to make some agreements on what 3rd bids by opener mean. Or we may have to deal with this type of hands each time they come, hoping we can find a logical bid looking at our hand and also hoping pd understands it the way we intended is naive imo.
As aguaman said it is not optimal to use 3♠ just to show 6 cards ♠ and try to figure rest with natural logic. I also dont like the idea of jumping to 3♠ with 5 card as Andy suggested, maybe pd has a 3-4 card ♠ fit and was about to raise us to 3 and we wasted whole level.
Or another suggestion, is that responder never bids 2NT with void or stiff in opener's major.
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