re:Awkward response to neg. double
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Niele
MP, vuln vs not,
I dealt & opened one diamond the following hand
KJx-xxx-AQJx-Qxx
1D-(1H)-X-p ?
What to bid ? Id love to be able to play NT, but it's my pard who should bid them if he has a stopper.
2D looks wrong, 1NT looks wrong because no stopper, 1S should promise 4 spadses i guess.
So I bid 1S and pard jumped to 4S apparently playing me for 4 cd support.
Dummy was something like
Qxx
re:Michaels w/ QT9854 AKJ986 Void X?
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General
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Niele
All white, IMPs, RHO deals & opens 1C (nothing special -- your vanilla SAYC 1C opening). You hold a good old 6-6-0-one hand:
AKJ986
X
(1C) - ?
What would you bid? 2C would show a 2 siuted hand w/ generally 5-5 in the majors.
Would you:
a) Bid 2C showing both majors b) Start off w/ 1H entirely itnending to reverse into spades later c) Bid 1S and intending to bid heatrs later d) Pass and se
