[jillybean]

Dealer: South Vul: NS Scoring: IMP

♠ 75 ♥ 642 ♦ AKQ832 ♣ AK

West North East South

 -     -     -     1♦
 Pass  1♠    Pass  2♦
 Pass  2NT   Pass  6NT
 Pass  Pass  Pass  

How would you have bid this?

[hrothgar]

(obviously) this depends a lot on system

If I were playing Standard or some such, I would probably start

1♦ - 1♠
3♣

[jdonn]

Well 3♦ rebid is an underbid, so rebidding 2♦ was.....two underbids? hehe

[awm]

This seems like a very normal 3♦ rebid after 1♦-1♠. This rebid shows something like a very good fifteen to a poor eighteen high card points and a good six-card or longer diamond suit (perhaps the lower end of the point range can be relaxed a bit if you have seven diamonds).

Certainly having the ♦AKQ is nice and makes this hand a very good sixteen, but I'm not convinced this is a game force opposite a simple 1♠ response. You're very far from making five diamonds and you need decent stoppers in both majors and a doubleton diamond from partner for 3NT to be good. The 3♦ rebid shows extras (although not forcing) and partner will usually bid 3NT with an appropriate hand. This also gives partner a good picture of your strength and values and lets him decide whether to bid 3NT or look for slam in diamonds or notrump.

[whereagles]

3♦ over 1♠ seems a bit "wtp?" to me

[fred]

Aside from who held what, there is something fundamentally inconsistent about the auction you present:

- The 2D rebid limited opener's hand to "minimum range" and was non-forcing
- The 2NT rebid limited responder's hand to "invitational range" and was non-forcing

That means 6NT is not a possible bid on any hand - 6NT should not be considered a possible final contract at all when the bidding starts this way.

It would not be far off the mark to say that the *only* possible bids now are:

- Pass
- 3C (non-forcing suggesting minimum HCP and 6-4 in minors)
- 3D (strong suggestion of final contract)
- 3H (forcing suggesting maximum HCP and 6-4 in diamonds and hearts)
- 3S (forcing - a maximum with 3-card spade support)
- 3NT (signoff)

In practice opener will usually bid either 3D or 3NT.

A sophisticated partnership might try to define higher bids as various obscure hands, but I would suggest you forget about that and focus on understanding the basics of this auction.

Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com

[skjaeran]

Ehhh, well, certainly NOT like that.

I'd rebid 3♦ and await further bids from partner. No idea what those might be without seeing the other hand.

[the hog]

3D rebid seems totally normal to me.

[jillybean]

2♦ was a horrid bid and 6nt a gamble after the misbid.

3♦ is almost unanimous but I'm wondering if you chose instead to bid nt, why 3nt rather than invite with 2nt?

[jtfanclub]

jillybean2, on Apr 2 2008, 11:38 PM, said:

2♦ was a horrid bid and 6nt a gamble after the misbid.

3♦ is almost unanimous but I'm wondering if you chose instead to bid nt, why 3nt rather than invite with 2nt?

I think after 1♦ 1♠, 3NT is not an option. If you somehow forced me to bid NT, 2NT would be the bid (18-19 balanced).

I think 2NT would be horrible though. It's the wrong strength, it badly wrongsides 3NT, and there's a perfect bid already available.

[neilkaz]

The_Hog, on Apr 2 2008, 07:04 PM, said:

3D rebid seems totally normal to me.

And to me as well...I am allowed to hold a max for my bids and if PD cannot go on over 3♦ we may not have a game as perhaps they set 3NT by leading ♥.

.. neilkaz ..