Sitting South what would your next bid be?
Margaux Kurek-Beaulieu
Sitting South what would your next bid be?
Margaux Kurek-Beaulieu‘s answers
Even at red, partner could be 5-4! The 2♦ « show your longer major » bid will allow you to always play in a fit rather than having to guess partner’s five-card suit. It is even recommended to do so with two spades and three hearts and that over 2♦, partner never says 2♠ with five cards in hearts. With equal length, partner bids the hearts, which has no downsides with equal length or an extra heart opposite.
20/20 ✅
Partner will often be 5-5 at this vulnerability; you can try to play the hand to protect the club tenace and hide the unknown hand from the opponents. This will only be bad when partner has four hearts and five spades!
15/20
Only do this with a nine-card fit! This bid, which is an invitation to game when vulnerable, should not be made without a known fit. With three trumps and the desire to invite to game, you should go through the 2♦ relay and then bid 3 of the major. That would then be an invitation to game with three trumps.
10/20
Yes, we have five nice clubs; but that is no reason to ignore the major fit! Partner could well be void in clubs and even if it might sometimes be good to pass, it is much more dangerous as a general rule. Pass should instead be chosen with six nice cards and with at most two cards in each major.
05/20
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Doesn’t say if West is playing strong or weak No Trump – so I couldn’t bid for South in any meaningful way.
I would put a double down
+1
2D
Easy question and answer
Opening 1nt with 15-17.
I have 10 pts – I may go 2 or even 3 nt.
3nt
Good explanation. But who uses Landy?
I would go 3NT
I got the answer right. I agree I needed more information about the 1NT opener.
I would have bid same. Pass no sense going higher you have 5 clubs
I would bid 2♦️advancing a cappelletti overcall
standard landy response- no use of the noggin needed, –
Five clubs…
Pass
With the red corner alert in place [VUL] Vs NV [E-W], I would presume this is a 5/4 shape or even 5/5 however, I would use the 2D bid to right side my partner [Lead comes from East -LHO]. My assumption is that West [opener] has a 4432 – 4333 kind of shape while my partner has 5/4 or 5/5. which means that most of the points in Club suit will be with west [sitting as my LHO]. I shall therefore have not outside entries into my hand. On the contrary, North’s hand would play better as RHO over West [with 15-17 HCP].