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re:Another Alder Hand
In category General
Written by Niele

Most here seem to think witch a jump rebid of the opening suite, holding
14 hcp & a six-card suit, as in a recent column by Philip Alder, is an overbid. Here is another example of a jump rebid, from a couple of days ago, also in Alder's column, which might have merited a stronger bid. With len, the North hand counts to 19 pts.

Dealer: North
Vul: Both

North:
S AK
H KT5
D AQJT86
C 52

So

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re:Awkward response to neg. double
In category General
Written by 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

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re:My bad...or was it?
In category General
Written by ravenclaw

Matchpoints, you are white, their principally red.
Two passes to RHO, who bids 1C.
You hold KQJx / 9x / Jxxx / KTx.
(a) Do you ovecrall 1S?
(b) Assume you pass in (a).
LHO bids 2C, explained as inveretd after pd asks, & RHO hurriedly passes.
What's your call? [Answer (a) and (b) before looking at (c).] (c) Pd held Tx / KQ8xx / K98x / xx.
Should he have bid 2H over the passed-hand 2C?
Does the

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re:What's 2S here, and what now?
In category General
Written by Niele

IMPs, vul vs. not, South dealer. You, South, hold:
A98543
KJ9

The bidding has gone:

1H
1S 2D 2H P
P 2S P ?

a) What does 2S mean, absent previous discussion? What's a good agreement to have?

b) What next?

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