Sitting South what would your next bid be?
Sitting South, what would your next bid be?
Tom Drijver’s answers
Here passing would be too passive. However, you need your partner’s help to choose the right contract. This 2NT bid in the pass-out seat shows a minor two-suiter and allows your partner to choose their longest suit. There is no point in keeping this natural bid in this sequence, your partner has passed too, and you haven’t said 1NT over 1♥. So, it is far more likely to have a two-suiter in this situation than a final contract in NT.
20/20 ✅
This is an option, but a little too passive. Letting the opponents play too easily at the 2-level often costs a lot of points. You will often have a winning contract in your line or you will push them one level higher. You have to fight!
15/20
You seek your partner’s help to find the right contract. The disadvantage of the double is that your partner will very often bid 2♠ or even 3♠, imagining that you have four cards in spades.
10/20
It is fine to want to find a defence in one of your two suits. But to bid yourself, you need at least five cards in the suit. There is a great risk of ending up in a 4-2 or 4-3 fit.
05/20
Again, 3♦ requires five cards and puts your partner in a situation where it is impossible to explore other alternatives. Also, with two suits, it is usually best to bid the higher-ranking one first and the lower-ranking one afterwards, but here you have no desire to then bid clubs at the 4-level.
0/20
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2NT is obvious to a regular pair but well worth discussing so this is a good post.
Be careful you know what your partner’s 2NT means for instance opponent opens a weak 2 and partner says 2NT this is NOT minors it is natural with stops.
So 2NT is a winner when you are on the same page of the book and a catastrophy if you are not
Presumably 2NT should be alerted if not ‘natural’?
Dla mnie opcja 2ba jest najbardziej optymalna.
I like the 2NT because it tells partner you have points and two minor suits. Tom
2nt right but only if your partner has the same understanding of what it means. You didn’t bid 2nt over the heart, so you can’t be 5-5.
I like it
I’d have said 2NT too so for once I was not wrong !
Pass.
Pass
j’aurai cb
I decided to pass. I felt there was more potential to challenge EW this way.
Good advice ✅
Matchpoints 2NT, IMPs pass.
Pass
Good advice and I will do this in future (and inform my partner before).
However if I bid X, partner will probably NOT bid 3 spades knowing that I do not have 4 spades. Otherwise I would probably have bid X after 1 hearts. If the answer is 2 spades, I can correct to 2SA (end bid) and with 3 kings behind the opener there is a chance of making this contract. Or is this reasoning completely wrong?
My bid: 2 No Trumps!
Glad, it agrees, with the most and expert.
To keep it interesting, you should share the answers and comments next day only!
Pass
2 no trump
I pass
Pass
What about 3NT?
Best bid is 1NT in 1st round.
Now is Mama Mia… But 2NT probably.
maybe I would have bid 1nt first round.
suppose I haven’t bid, now pass. 4 not very bad trumps is a sign that this hand is more suitable for defense. balance is usually right, but usually isn’t always.
Don’t understand why south passed in the first round with opening pts
Missed Opportunity? First round Double by South would have given partner useful information to help determine how to defend against a possible E-W game contract or find a NT opportunity. Alternatively, first round 2H Cue Bid would have alerted partner to consequential hand with no obvious bid (i.e., exactly as it is) and let partner describe Spade holdings in search of 3NT contract.
Thank you, my thoughts exactly
The hand is not balanced with a singleton, so that would prevent me from opening 1NT in the fist round of bidding.
as p has 5+ sp I will pass to avoid a crash
I would bid 3 clubs
I agree with Tom’s assessment and bidding. Thanks for asking the question and challenging us.
3 hearts asking partner if he is max or min.
The real question I think is why didn’t south use a take out double instead passing on the first round.