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#1 User is offline   portia2 

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Posted 2020-June-15, 06:28

How should the following hands be bid by N/S?

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Posted 2020-June-15, 06:32

I think we would bid a 4th seat 2♥ rather than X but that depends on your agreements (something like 13-16 and a 6 card suit for us).
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Posted 2020-June-15, 14:16

Ditto, but if S did X, with N I would bid 2NT.
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Posted 2020-June-16, 23:47

Hi,

Pass.

The reopening double in 4th could be as weak as 8HCP, the only options besides Pass
are 2NT and 3C, both are pretty unappealing, so Pass it is.
After that South will bid 2H, and North can raise to 4H or bid 3NT.

As stated, the qustion is, how strong is a direkt jump overcall by South, a 13-16 range
( or something similar would be perfect ), 10 - 15 is also pretty common, but selling the
hand as slightly stronger than that would be fine as well.

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Marlowe
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Posted 2020-June-17, 09:02

As the auction has gone, 2NT by North, 3♥ by South, 4♥ by North, should make +1, or +2 if you play ♥AK and drop the queen. I've missed 6♣, but I'm not worrying about missing thin slams based on perfectly matching hands after the opponents have opened.
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Posted 2020-June-18, 06:10

I am with Cyberyeti. 2H is clearly a better description of South's Hand.
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Posted 2020-June-18, 07:08

 fromageGB, on 2020-June-15, 14:16, said:

Ditto, but if S did X, with N I would bid 2NT.


What would your 2NT be?
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