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Posted 2014-June-12, 13:40

View Postmathduck, on 2014-June-12, 13:19, said:

If you were playing bizarro transfer, you open 3♥, partner now knows you have a long club suit. They would probably bid 6♣, now opposition needs to find the lucky lead to defaet the contract.

That's great providing that your opponents let you peak into their hands so that you can determine which of them has the ♠A.
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Posted 2014-June-12, 17:11

View PostArtK78, on 2014-June-12, 13:40, said:

That's great providing that your opponents let you peak into their hands so that you can determine which of them has the ♠A.


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Posted 2014-June-12, 23:22

View Postxeno123, on 2014-June-12, 08:48, said:

I don't know if this discussion from 2005 is still "good law", but here are examples of permissible and impermissible 2♣ openings with long suits and low point count. (Note that my hand has a 4 losing trick count perhaps making it eligible for a 2♣ opening).



http://www.bridgeguy...pening_bid.html


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Posted 2014-June-13, 00:14

Opening 2♣ with that hand playing with GIB is just asking for a bad result. GIB is all too good at counting high card points and then adding distribution points when short in partner's suit and will either jump to slam with no play, or bid Blackwood with a lousy hand and put you in an awful contract.
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Posted 2014-June-13, 13:46

I sure hope GIB doesnt play forcing passes

2C-(5D)-X = i have little or no values !
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Posted 2014-June-13, 14:14

View Postbenlessard, on 2014-June-13, 13:46, said:

I sure hope GIB doesnt play forcing passes

2C-(5D)-X = i have little or no values !

I don't get your point. I would double in this situation to show a valueless hand, expecting that my partner (who should not be opening 2♣ on the hand in the OP) to have more than sufficient values to either bid on or defeat 5♦. A pass would show values.
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