[silvr bull]

Partner and I had several misunderstandings on this deal, and the post mortem reflects continuing style disagreements. I will present this in several "installments" to focus on each decision point. Here is the first. Do you reopen this auction (playing with a good partner against random BBO opponents)? If yes, what reopening bid do you prefer?

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[Lord Molyb]

2♦

[ArtK78]

This is not a problem so far. 2♦ is clear.

[rmnka447]

2 ♦. This shows at least 5-5 in the suits bid.

If you held something like ♠ 872 ♥ AKJ98 ♦ AJ82 ♣ 5, you should reopen with a double. This caters to the possibility that partner has made a penalty pass, but also shows a willingness to compete.

[silvr bull]

I chose to reopen with a rebid of my strong six card ♥ suit instead of the weaker 5 card ♦ suit because I thought there was a good chance that I would have an opportunity to bid 3♦ later over either 2♠ or 3♣. If partner holds 2 small ♥ and 3 small ♦, I want him to take me back to ♥. There is also the possibility after I reopen that LHO will bid ♠ and RHO will raise to game. At equal vul, I am not prepared to bid 5♦, so partner would be on lead against 4♠. If partner has ♦Ax, I do not want to encourage him to lead that suit.

Anyway, the high spirits continue with partner jumping to 3NT. What should I do now?

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[Fluffy]

your options previous round were double and 2♦, 2♥ doesn't compute.

Partner bid the final contract and you got nothing new to share.

[WellSpyder]

 Fluffy, on 2013-February-04, 10:38, said:

your options previous round were double and 2♦, 2♥ doesn't compute.

Even 3♦ computes better than 2♥ on my calculator.... I think OP might find it hard to find many people who would consider 2♥ seriously, which makes it a bit tricky to continue the bidding in the situation in which we now find ourselves - though I agree with Fluffy that pass seems the best we can do.

[fromageGB]

Agree with everything so far ... I guess the style disagreements are pretty fundamental.