[jdonn]

kenrexford, on Jun 14 2007, 08:07 AM, said:

I'll pay off to partner having four clubs and a stiff spade.

Uh, you're paying off to partner having a stiff spade and any amount of clubs

[bid_em_up]

Ok, I'll sum it up for now.

Partner opens 1H, I chose to bid 2♣, picking the good 7 card suit before the broken 6 card suit. The auction continued:

P-P-1H-P-2C-P-2D-p-2S-p-3D-p-3S-p-4S-?

And righty can no longer contain himself holding,

xx AQxxx AQ AKxx, he doubles.

Partners hand:

Kxx KJ10xx KJxxx void

[mike777]

bid_em_up, on Jun 14 2007, 12:52 PM, said:

Ok, I'll sum it up for now. 

Partner opens 1H, I chose to bid 2♣, picking the good 7 card suit before the broken 6 card suit.  The auction continued:

P-P-1H-P-2C-P-2D-p-2S-p-3D-p-3S-p-4S-?

And righty can no longer contain himself holding,

xx AQxxx AQ AKxx, he doubles.

Partners hand:

Kxx KJ10xx KJxxx void

Hmmm.....1nt overcall over 1H, then I can shut up.

[Echognome]

I don't see the benefit of doing anything other than opening 1♣ and keep on rebidding spades.

[nige1]

bid_em_up, on Jun 13 2007, 03:25 PM, said:

Teams. They vul. You deal:  ♠ A J 9 7 x x ♥ - ♦ - ♣ Q J T 9 8 x x

IMO P = 10, 1♣ = 6, 1♠ = 5.
Pass then Michaels describes the hand well

[Fluffy]

Echognome, on Jun 14 2007, 06:05 PM, said:

I don't see the benefit of doing anything other than opening 1♣ and keep on rebidding spades.

Whenever partner has 2 spades (the most likelly holding), it is probably better to play 4♠ spades than 5♣, but partner will never figure you have 6, and he won't let you play on a 5-2 fit when you are likelly ruffing the initial lead (that is suicide).

[Echognome]

Fluffy, on Jun 14 2007, 10:14 PM, said:

Echognome, on Jun 14 2007, 06:05 PM, said:

I don't see the benefit of doing anything other than opening 1♣ and keep on rebidding spades.

Whenever partner has 2 spades (the most likelly holding), it is probably better to play 4♠ spades than 5♣, but partner will never figure you have 6, and he won't let you play on a 5-2 fit when you are likelly ruffing the initial lead (that is suicide).

Sure. I can buy that. But I can't wait to see what people bid when their LHO opens a possibly short club.

[helene_t]

I have no problems with 1♣ and if partner expects me to open my 6-card with (almost) all 5M6m hands, I may open 1♣ with this one. 1♣ followed by 4♠ would describe the hand reasonably well, then.

I have a slight preference for 1♠, though. It's preemptive, it's the lead I want, and it shows a suit.

I would certainly not pass unless I have specific reasons to think that partner expects me to do so. I'd rather open 5♣, then,

[P_Marlowe]

bid_em_up, on Jun 14 2007, 09:43 AM, said:

Like what seems to be the majority, I also passed and as I hinted in the previous post, the auction proceeds:

P P 1♥-P-?

2C is certainly reasonable being a passed hand,
intending to bid spades later, partner will get the
message.

With regards
Marlowe

[skjaeran]

P_Marlowe, on Jun 15 2007, 02:45 PM, said:

bid_em_up, on Jun 14 2007, 09:43 AM, said:

Like what seems to be the majority, I also passed and as I hinted in the previous post, the auction proceeds:

P P 1♥-P-?

2C is certainly reasonable being a passed hand,
intending to bid spades later, partner will get the
message.

With regards
Marlowe

Playing Drury, that would be a really nice description of my hand.
Having passed initially, I'd bid 1♠ over partner's 1♥ opening and rebid ♣'s later.