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Partner opens 1♥:
1♠? 2♠ (13+ solid or semi-solid spades)? 4♠?
If you bid 1♠, what do you bid over 2♦? Over 3♦?
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Posted 2013-March-24, 11:08
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.
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Posted 2013-March-24, 11:21
If I have a strong jump available, I will use it. Might as well tell partner that ♠ are trumps.
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Posted 2013-March-24, 15:27
Don't understand the problem. When you have a strong jump shift available, there are no alternatives left for this hand. Why else would you play SJS?
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Posted 2013-March-24, 16:07
2♠, cue diamonds next and do whatever pard tells you to do thereafter.
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Posted 2013-March-24, 16:34
I start with 2S. If partner bids 3D, I bid 3S, and thereafter leave further moves to partner, cueing 4D if partner makes slam tries
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Posted 2013-March-24, 18:49
game forcing hand max 1 loser suit is a strong jump shift 2s for me.
Begin immediate cuebidding uless p bids 3h which shows a no loser suit
Begin immediate cuebidding uless p bids 3h which shows a no loser suit
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Posted 2013-March-25, 10:17
I bid 2♠ if it is available, but it wouldn't be for me.
How the auction then proceeds depends on your agreements. When I do play SJS, my 2♠ says that only hearts and spades are possible trump suits: if I have hearts as well, I'll bid them next round. Partner's job is to basically either stay out of the way, until I further describe my hand, or to cuebid....in support of spades. Thus 1♥ 2♠ 3♦ is not a suit: it is a control in support of spades.
Anyway, if I SJS, then my next call is 4♠, to shut the hand down. Partner will move only with a control-rich hand, which is what I need.
If I didn't have SJS, and I wouldn't, then I bid 1♠.
Over 2♦, I bid 3♣ to establish the gf, since I am too strong, imo, to simply bid 4♠. I propose to do so next turn unless something happy occurs along the way.
Over 3♦, a strong js by partner, I bid a quiet 3♠: no other call makes any sense to me. I need to create a one round force before deciding what to do next. I suspect that my next call may well be 5♠, but there's no need to commit just yet....let's see what we learn first.
How the auction then proceeds depends on your agreements. When I do play SJS, my 2♠ says that only hearts and spades are possible trump suits: if I have hearts as well, I'll bid them next round. Partner's job is to basically either stay out of the way, until I further describe my hand, or to cuebid....in support of spades. Thus 1♥ 2♠ 3♦ is not a suit: it is a control in support of spades.
Anyway, if I SJS, then my next call is 4♠, to shut the hand down. Partner will move only with a control-rich hand, which is what I need.
If I didn't have SJS, and I wouldn't, then I bid 1♠.
Over 2♦, I bid 3♣ to establish the gf, since I am too strong, imo, to simply bid 4♠. I propose to do so next turn unless something happy occurs along the way.
Over 3♦, a strong js by partner, I bid a quiet 3♠: no other call makes any sense to me. I need to create a one round force before deciding what to do next. I suspect that my next call may well be 5♠, but there's no need to commit just yet....let's see what we learn first.
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Posted 2013-March-25, 10:56
set spades as trumps as fast as possible to start cuebidding.
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Posted 2013-March-27, 08:13
2 ♠ to show the strength of the hand. Your hand doesn't have 13+ HCP, but the hand is worth 9 tricks all by itself in a ♠ contract.
How you continue depends a lot on your agreements over the 2 ♠ bid. You don't plan on stopping below 4 ♠, but the key is to get partner to identify his values so you can evaluate slam prospects.
How you continue depends a lot on your agreements over the 2 ♠ bid. You don't plan on stopping below 4 ♠, but the key is to get partner to identify his values so you can evaluate slam prospects.
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