BBO Discussion Forums: How many spades does responder have? - BBO Discussion Forums

Jump to content

Page 1 of 1
  • You cannot start a new topic
  • You cannot reply to this topic

How many spades does responder have? 2/1: 1S-2D-2H-3NT

Poll: How many spades does responder have? (19 member(s) have cast votes)

Playing 2/1: 1S-2D-2H-3NT. How many spades for 3NT bidder?

  1. Always one spade (2 votes [10.53%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.53%

  2. Always two spades (5 votes [26.32%])

    Percentage of vote: 26.32%

  3. Either one or two spades is okay (12 votes [63.16%])

    Percentage of vote: 63.16%

Vote Guests cannot vote

#1 User is online   awm 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 8,381
  • Joined: 2005-February-09
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Zurich, Switzerland

Posted 2010-October-29, 11:57

Playing 2/1 (basically Lawrence style), how do you take the auction 1♠-2♦-2♥-3NT? It seems standard that this shows about 15-17 hcp, with weaker or stronger hands instead bidding 2NT. But how many spades will responder have here?
Adam W. Meyerson
a.k.a. Appeal Without Merit
0

#2 User is offline   manudude03 

  • - - A AKQJT9876543
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 2,614
  • Joined: 2007-October-02
  • Gender:Male

Posted 2010-October-29, 12:00

For me, it's nearly always 2, but might be 1 with a 1354 shape with a poor club suit.
Wayne Somerville
0

#3 User is offline   Venom 

  • PipPip
  • Group: Members
  • Posts: 28
  • Joined: 2010-October-25
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:White Plains, N.Y./ USA
  • Interests:Bridge, Teaching Bridge, Golf, Family, Snakes

Posted 2010-October-29, 13:30

The corollary question here is what should opener do over 3NT holding an intermediate (14+-17) 6-4 hand with 6 spades: bid 4S completing his/her pattern risking finding responder with 1 (or, omg, 0) spades, or just passing 3NT. This is one problem that arises from not having a natural 2NT ressponse available to help describe yet limit responder's hand.


DHL/ DON aka Double !

The Devil made me do it!
Conventional Wisdom is an Oxymoron.
If yer gonna play the game ya gotta learn to play it right.
0

#4 User is offline   bucky 

  • PipPipPipPip
  • Group: Full Members
  • Posts: 430
  • Joined: 2010-May-18

Posted 2010-October-29, 13:51

Since 3NT takes so much room, I want it narrowly defined in both shape and strength. 2-3-5-3 shape and 15-17 HCP for me.
 
 
1

#5 User is offline   dustinst22 

  • PipPipPipPip
  • Group: Full Members
  • Posts: 253
  • Joined: 2010-August-02
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Huntington Beach, CA
  • Interests:Spades, Bridge, good food/wine, MMA, classical music, cycling

Posted 2010-October-29, 13:54

View Postbucky, on 2010-October-29, 13:51, said:

Since 3NT takes so much room, I want it narrowly defined in both shape and strength. 2-3-5-3 shape and 15-17 HCP for me.


Agreed. If responder has a tough distribution like 1-3-5-4, then I'd prefer 2NT. In fact I think that's what Lawrence recommends with that distribution.
0
Page 1 of 1
  • You cannot start a new topic
  • You cannot reply to this topic

3 User(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 3 guests, 0 anonymous users