[cherdano]

Al_U_Card, on Oct 19 2005, 05:52 PM, said:

mikeh, on Oct 19 2005, 10:48 AM, said:

If you want to do something creative, and especially if you rarely raise a major response with only 3 cards, you could try a 1♥ response, followed by a gentle invite (if possible) in notrump. This tactic can be very effective: right-siding notrump while blowing away the best lead.

This one I will remember, tnx Mike!

So what is your gentle invite over partner's 3♠ splinter or 4♥ bid? Are you sure you can get out in 3NT if he raises to 3♥?

Btw, if you succeed in directing a spade lead, haven't you wrong-sided the contract?

Arend

[junyi_zhu]

Rebound, on Oct 19 2005, 12:54 PM, said:

Scoring: MP

1♦-P - to you? Playing 2/1.

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I'm curious to see if you think there's an obvious call here. Does it change if the scoring is IMPs instead?

I bid 2nt and hope for the best. often, you have some play in 2nt and opps may help you when you have no chance.

[Kalvan14]

Are you sure that 2N is this kind of hand?
I play 2/1, with IMF and Inverted Jacoby (so 2N would be a weak unbalanced raise in ♦ ).
The most considerate bid would certainly be 1N: I would not be going to hang myself for a miserable ♥J!
My 2nd choice would be 1♠, followed by the already proposed invitational 2N.
I might consider misrepresenting my hand (1♠ on 3 cards!), but to do the same in ♥ would be a bit too rich for my taste. Bidding 1♠ would make a raise on 3 small cards more unlikely, while 1♥ would attract a 2♥ every time N has Qxx, Kxx or Axx.
The problem here is that 1♦ may very well be with 1-3-4-5 shape, with 4 cards in either minor, and 5 cards in the other one. Whenever a 2/1 bidder decides to open 1♦ with 4♦ and 5♣, he is always quite happy to raise partner's major on Hxx.

[Rebound]

Thank you all for your comments. If there are more, please keep them coming