Re: 4cM vs. 5(or something)cm


"Mika Sandström" <ptmisa@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:MPG.21195df32a80a2e5989684@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <1185882084.509691.229330@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
patmpowers@xxxxxxxxx says...
On Jul 31, 6:59 pm, Mika Sandstrom <ptm...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Hi!

I played (natural, RKCB) for the very first time with this guy and this
came up. He had KQ86, AJ9, AQ632, 7 and I had A732, 4, J95, AQT84. MPs,
non-vul, opponents silent, bidding (not the most scientific one) went

1D - 2C
2S - 4NT
5C - 6S
6NT

Down four.

Me: "Hmm...?"
He: "I thought you might have only 3 spades since your first round bid
wasn't spades."

Might I?

Mika

Well, if what you are looking for is confirmation that partner is a
dingbat, then you have it.

I'm not looking for any such thing. No way.

What is all this guessing about?

Ok, sorry, my bad. I didn't phrase my main interest clear enough. One
Finnish expert said that I should bid 1S while the other said 2C. So,
should I bid 1S or 2C? Why?

Mika

It depends on what your methods/system are. In 2/1, you must 1S because you
don't have a gameforcing hand and therefore cannot bid the suits in their
natural order. In "standard" whatever where 2C is not showing a gameforcing
hand, you bid 2C because you have enough to go to the 2-level and then
follow by bid in spades.
Raija


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