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Posted 2011-August-14, 06:15



I think GIB North has an absolutely routine 2♠ rebid here. Incidentally, one South rebid 1NT and did indeed get 2♠ from his partner. I would think 3♠ is, if anything, better over 1NT than over 2♣, though still bad.

Of course, if GIB played WJS, rather than these weird Soloway Jump Shifts which never come up and noone understands, then this would be even easier.
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Posted 2011-August-14, 20:30

It's adding points for the short suits. GIB doesn't appreciate that shortness in partner's suits is not valuable.

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Posted 2011-August-15, 02:35

Sure, some sort of misfit valuation would help. But even if GIB thinks it has 10-12 total points, I'd say the "strong suit" requirement should count for something more than this.
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Posted 2011-August-15, 18:16

Good point, I'm not sure what its criteria for "strong suit" is. Judging from that example, it seems like 6 cards to 2 honors seems to be enough.
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