[Chamaco]

Hi all.
Robson/Segal in their book "Partnership bidding at bridge" (available free online at Dan Neill's systems page) advocate the use of a system of responses to pard 1 Major overcall based on:

1x:1M-pass-?
2M/3M/4M etc = preemptive
2NT = limit+ raise with 4 trumps and high ODR (offense(defense ratio)
2x = limit+ raise with 3 trumps or low ODR
3x = 4 trumps, mixed raise (9 losers), sparse values
4x = splinter, either high card or preemptive.
3y= fitshowing = mixed raise with values concentrated in trumps and side suit (y)
4y= fitshowing = high card or preemptive raise with values concentrated in trumps and side suit (y)

I'd like to know from someone who adopted such scheme for overcalls, if there is a suggested scheme of responses by overcaller when advancer bids 2NT.

E.g.
(1♦)-1♠-(pass)-2NT
(pass)-?

3♣
3♦
3♥
3♠
3NT
4♣
4♦
4♥
4♠


Thanks all !!

[1eyedjack]

Further to Chamaco's post, as one who has not read the referenced work, could someone please also tell me what you are supposed to bid with a hand that wanted to make a natural 2NT advance?

[Chamaco]

1eyedjack, on Aug 22 2004, 12:43 PM, said:

Further to Chamaco's post, as one who has not read the referenced work, could someone please also tell me what you are supposed to bid with a hand that wanted to make a natural 2NT advance?

Invitational NT hands have to go via 1NT I guess.

[whereagles]

I play responses to 2NT as natural (side-suit/values), with jumps as 55s. No splinters except jump into opps suit.

[mishovnbg]

Hi Tiger!
Ben invented very good continuations suitable for ANY 2NT bid which show support or after fitting suit. It is very simple, show less information/possibilities to opps as possible and give/show most important info - about singletons. Search forum about or ask him to describe it.
About what to do with bal hand - the actual answer is to bid new suit round forcing. Of course you lose possibility for sign off in suit at cheapest level playing this way, so better, but more complicate, is to use transfer responses to overcalls. I describe some of it in our Equality method, search forum about if you like.
Misho