[fourdad]

eagles123, on 2018-June-26, 04:07, said:

love all MP 2H p p

2h is a standard weak 2

AQ62
??
Q532
9532

what does the ?? need to be in order to X

thanks

Eagles

I am hard pressed not to balance x w/ either the AH or the KH, or better.

[Winstonm]

FelicityR, on 2018-June-27, 05:36, said:

I agree entirely with what you say about competing for the part score, but ♠KJxx ♥x ♦KJxx ♣QJxx over the 2♥ bidder's partner is a far stronger hand generally than the ♠AQxx ♥x ♦Qxxx ♣xxxx given. I would balance with the hand you give, Winston, at both Matchpoint Pairs and IMPs.

The second hand has fewer defensive tricks - and defensive tricks seemed to be a problem for you with the OP.