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Answer:
An
opening bid of
"2C" is forcing
upon the partnership until
at least one of the
following three (3) levels
of bidding have been
reached: (a)
2NT, (b) 3 of either
Major Suit, or (c) 4 of
either Minor Suit.
Until then the bidding must
remain open and cannot
be passed by either partner.
As
a result, Openers bid of 3D
(natural) cannot be passed.
Lastly, the partnership
would have to have had an
pre-understanding as to what
Responder's "2D"
bid meant. It
could have been: (a)
"Waiting", (b) a
negative 0-7 HCP first
response, (c) a Jacoby Step
bid which shows 0-3 HCP's,
or (d) a "Control"
response which show none or
one control = no Aces or, at
most, one King.
Without such understandings,
the Partnership could not
operate effectively under
the scenario, as listed
above.
Harold Schachter - Bridge
Master
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1. OPENER HAS 12-14 HCP
5S 2H 4C 2D ( 5 4 2 2 DISTRIBUTION)
2. BIDDING IS AS FOLLOWS:
1 S 1 NT
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SHOULD OPENER PASS AND LEAVE IN 1 NT OR REBID 4 CARD MINOR?
Answer: No! Opener, with 9 or more cards in two suits, should NOT Pass Responder's 1NT call.
IF OPENER does not Pass and chooses to RE-BIDS 2C, HOW SHOULD PARTNER
RESPOND having 8-10 HCP?
Answer: Absent a jump bid by opener on his/her second call (which
would signal 16-18 HCP's by Opener), Responder must (1) choose between the
two suits offered by Opener or (2) bid his/her own 6-card suit at the
cheapest level which would be a "drop-dead" bid. Opener must trhen accept
Responder's choice. If Opener shows 16-18 HCP's then Responder may bid 3NT
holding 8-10 HCP's.
#1003 SUBJECT=bid of one diamond
Dodi:
With only 5 Diamonds, your secision not to rebid them was, most likely
correct. With an evenly balanced hand 5-3-3-2, your rebid should have been
1NT if you held 11-14 HCP's, or 2NT if you held 18-19 HCP's. With 15-17
your initial bid should have been 1NT, not 1 Diamond. Absent any of these
possibilities, the fact that you did not reach 3NT would then be the fault
of partner, but I would have to know partners strength and holding to give a
definitive answer. If you relate both hands as to distribution and strength
I could give you an exact reply. Harold
************************************************************************************************In general, second hand does not cover the first honor when there are multiple connecting honors in Dummy. This is in case Partner has a singleton high honor such that you do not wish to have both honors fall on the same trick. Now the tricky part! With regards to covering the second honor or not - that depends upon the presence or absence of additional entries into Dummy, and whether your side can run or effectively switch to another suit. Absent your desiring to do the latter two conditions; i.e., your side's inability to run anything, your covering the second honor or not depends upon whether you are desirous of the need to keep Declarer from running this long Heart suit, in this instance, and your ability to perceive the answer to that question depends upon both you and your Partner "giving count" as to the number of cards you each have in the suit, (Hearts, in this instance), that Declarer has led. When you or your Partner first lead a suit you give "attitude"; i.e. a high card says to continue, a low one, discourages continuance. When Declarer leads a suit, however, you and your Partner are to give "count"; i.e., a "high-low" is an even number of cards and a "low-high" signals an odd number of cards in that suit. Knowing the count, both you and your partner can then deduce how many times to reject taking the trick so as to keep Declarer from setting up the suit and re-entering the Dummy so as run the established long suit. Hope this was helpful! Harold
#1005 SUBJECT=Stayman and Jacoby
The Stayman Convention is utilized ONLY when the Responder has 4 pieces of one or both Majors, and is seeking 4 pieces from the Opener. Jacoby Transfer bids are ONLY utilized when the Responder has 5 pieces
#1006 SUBJECT=overcall of 1NT open With 15 or more HCP's, and while using the "DONT" Convention -
conventional wisdom is to simply "PASS". It used to be that we "Doubled"
with an equivalent or better hand when the Opponents opened 1NT, but today,
and while using the "DONT" Convention, it usually benefits the Opponents to
simply "PASS" and defend against their 1NT. Most of the time, when you
do so, you, the Opponents, will defeat the contract and will score better
than to attempt to take the bid as Overcallers as you once did before the
use of "DONT". Today, the "Double" of a 1NT bid, when using the "DONT"
Convention signifies a one-suited hand and asks Partner to puppet "2C" so
that you, the doubler, can then bid your suit or Pass if it be Clubs..