tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539769009808917053.post5334360976195176389..comments2023-10-04T11:43:14.036-05:00Comments on Mishaps at the Bridge Table: Hitting a seam in 2/1Lakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16177723973206020679noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539769009808917053.post-36993346596182129162013-01-18T10:40:49.509-06:002013-01-18T10:40:49.509-06:00I was going to mention the impossible 2S bid, but ...I was going to mention the impossible 2S bid, but Prashanth beat me to it.Memphis MOJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653631347560307425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539769009808917053.post-42592331466090170352013-01-18T02:42:17.179-06:002013-01-18T02:42:17.179-06:00Laks, I'm not following what the difficulty he...Laks, I'm not following what the difficulty here was. The majority of 2/1 partnerships play the "impossible" 2S bid here as a balanced version of raising the minor (2NT on the other hand would tend to deny interest in playing in the minor). With your partner's 3532 hand, depending on his HCP and spots, he would place you in 2NT or 3NT.<br /><br />This is a harder decision if your partner had opened 1S and your majors were reversed.Prashanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605930088706185534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539769009808917053.post-22957222856122949042013-01-18T02:37:51.591-06:002013-01-18T02:37:51.591-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Prashanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605930088706185534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539769009808917053.post-62475795235865501382013-01-17T10:09:03.356-06:002013-01-17T10:09:03.356-06:00In my experience the forcing notrump response is l...In my experience the forcing notrump response is less popular with European 2/1 pairs, where they will find another way to show the three-card limit raise and play one notrump as semi-forcing.<br /><br />Personally I've found that the value of distinguishing between a three- and four-card limit raise is less than the value of playing one notrump as semi-forcing, so we lump the limit raises into one bid.Paul Gipsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564960646170455536noreply@blogger.com