[ahydra]

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Opps are playing 5cM weak NT. Admittedly 1H would not be everyone's choice, but having made that bed, how do you plan to lie in it?

Thanks,

ahydra

[gwnn]

2S wtp

[ggwhiz]

We belong in spades. 2♠ on these cards after a simple overcall has nothing to be ashamed about unlike all the other options.

[eagles123]

yes this really is a wtp 2s, I don't understand what other actions you are expecting us to consider?

[manudude03]

Yeah 2S, though I think 2C/3S are worth considering.

[ahydra]

Fair enough - 2S was chosen at the table - so perhaps the problem is more interesting from the other side.

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Note our agreement is that a UCB promises 3-card or better support (we don't make the UCB with generic strong hands), hence 1S to start with. I guess the only viable call here is 3C - but that could get you rather high opposite a 7-count.

Hence I was thinking, East should bid 1NT or possibly 2C (is that still a UCB by 6th hand?) to get the extra strength across, at which point 3C-3NT is clear. But neither my partner nor I claim to be good at competitive bidding so I'd be grateful for more experienced players' opinions on the correct sequence here.

Thanks,

ahydra

[mike777]

I dont play your style of ucb but given your card I would prefer to start with 2d rather than 1s and see what pard rebids.

Geez you guys like to bid your lousy suits

[SteveMoe]

3♣ now. Partner will prefer NT with club values and only 3 ♠ cards.
Would have bid 2♣ instead of 1♠.

[wank]

ahydra, on 2016-May-23, 14:48, said:

Fair enough - 2S was chosen at the table - so perhaps the problem is more interesting from the other side.

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Note our agreement is that a UCB promises 3-card or better support (we don't make the UCB with generic strong hands), hence 1S to start with. I guess the only viable call here is 3C - but that could get you rather high opposite a 7-count.

Hence I was thinking, East should bid 1NT or possibly 2C (is that still a UCB by 6th hand?) to get the extra strength across, at which point 3C-3NT is clear. But neither my partner nor I claim to be good at competitive bidding so I'd be grateful for more experienced players' opinions on the correct sequence here.

Thanks,

ahydra

the problem is your forcing 1 spade. make that non-forcing and the 7 counts can pass

[rmnka447]

If I can't make a generic strength showing cue of 2 ♣, I'm certainly not bidding a Jxxx suit even at the 1 level. I'm bidding 2 ♦. Partner will have a chance to rebid 2 ♠ with a good hand and 4 ♠. If opener bids 3 ♣ and partner passes (light overcall), we're likely to get off to the right defense instead of a possibly disastrous ♠ lead. Once you bid 1 ♠, partner will almost always raise on 3 and everything gets muddled.

But to the actual auction, now that pard has raised, I'd now bid 3 ♦. With the right cards maybe partner can find a 3 NT bid. If partner returns to ♠, I sit and am prepared to apologize if it doesn't work out.