[han]

I'm not sure how to bid this hand.

Matchpoints, all vul.

x
AKJxx
x
Q109xxx

1D - 1H
2D - ??

Do you agree with 1H or would you start with a gameforcing 2C? What do you do after 2D?

[cherdano]

I think I agree with 1H and would pass now.
If there was no way to invite after 1D 1H 1S showing H+C then there is a much stronger case for 2C.

[Fluffy]

It will be very hard for partner to have 3♥ even if you only raise with 4 cards. Pass and then reopen with 3♣ is a strong option.

I expected the opponents to bid spades already that's why I would always start with 1♥, so that I can hear a support double and jump to game.

3♣ will gather 3NT from partner most likelly, and our game prospects are poor whatever the strain, so as Arend I think pass now is best.

[dake50]

As our auction denies Spades, Pass and reopen 3C.
D-single puts this hand just shy of take a second bid.

[pooltuna]

given the auction so far partner does not have a 4 card biddable ♠ suit, does not have 4♥, So is it significantly more probable that he has 3♠ than 3♥? If you believe so; take your last probable positive score and pass.

[JLOGIC]

Super easy pass.

[whereagles]

You don't have a way to show this type of hand now, so I guess you have to pass. Opps have a bucketload of spades anyway and if they bid them, you might be able to show the clubs later, say

1♦ pass 1♥ pass
2♦ pass pass 2♠
pass pass 3♣

I'm not afraid of bidding clubs because after pard bypassed spades, we have 100% certainty of a fit somewhere.

[han]

Partner had AKQ xxx KQxxxx J, the cards lie favorably so you can make 6H.

[whereagles]

huh.. tell pard to rebid 3♦?

[gnasher]

I think he should bid 2♥ rather than 2♦ (though 1♠ is an option too). If you're going to understate your values, it's better to do it with a bid that shows a fit rather than one that doesn't, because with a marginal hand partner is more likely to move.

[menggq]

where is ♠?obviously opps hv ♠9 cards at least.since opps hv ♠suit FIT we should hv FIT in other suit.that's why i wd like to bid 3♣ even if 3♣ is forcing and overbid in HCP view(based on good hand partern and must be FIT in some suit),i think the contract will be 4♥ or 5♣ more likely.

[Phil]

 han, on 2011-May-12, 12:18, said:

Partner had AKQ xxx KQxxxx J, the cards lie favorably so you can make 6H.

Aces are overrated.

[mike777]

As a nonexpert I find these unbal range hands difficult to bid.

At this point this makes me lean towards offshape 1nt openings. I fully grant this is imperfect and this hand is an extreme 1nt(14-16).

[han]

 gnasher, on 2011-May-12, 13:28, said:

I think he should bid 2♥ rather than 2♦ (though 1♠ is an option too). If you're going to understate your values, it's better to do it with a bid that shows a fit rather than one that doesn't, because with a marginal hand partner is more likely to move.

Interesting comment. I see 2H as an option but I didn't really think that 2D understated the values. I thought it was a maximum but not something unusual. I get your comment, 2H may be more likely to get partner to act, especially when he has 5 hearts.

[gszes]

I'm not sure how to bid this hand.

Matchpoints, all vul.

x
AKJxx
x
Q109xxx

1D - 1H
2D - ??

Do you agree with 1H or would you start with a gameforcing 2C? What do you do after 2D?

pass = 1 the only reason it gets 1 is because there are a ton of worse bids that deserve
a zero (think 7d or 7s) and a host of others.

there is a huge amount of potential still left in this hand and to pass is just short of
dereliction of duty (ie knowingly passing p blackwood request). The potential misfit
does indeed inspire a sense of caution but that is all it does.

BID 2H

The heart suit is good enough to gather 3 maybe 4 tricks at the 2 level (if p passes) and
even more importantly it keeps the bidding open in case p had to slightly understate their
values.

Our potential is so good that games from 3n all the way to a slam at 6c are still plausible
Picture xxx Q AKxxxx AKx.

2h is indeed an underbid and it is the potential misfit that keeps us from bidding more
at this time. I would be happier with seeing a 2s bid (= 6) or a 3c bid (= 4) than
a pass.

2h = 9 (pass has to be right at least sometimes)
2s = 6 (not bad but would leave you poorly placed if p now bids 3n)
3c = 4 (just too agressive for the circumstances though not far off in value)
5c = 2 (WAG that has potential but you might too easily be burying a heart fit or missing 3n).
pass = 1 yes indeed sometimes this will work and it is probably a better MP
call than an IMP call.