[helene_t]

(Sorry this doesn't make sense since I forgot the most importnat option). You could vote for "something else" maybe ....)

Another poll about basic Precision, not as you play it with your regular p but as you would play it with a pick-up p.

Suppose you hold something like
♠AQ98
♥AKT
♦KTxxx
♣J

A 2♦ rebid is probably the most natural option but it consumes a lot of bidding space.

This post has been edited by helene_t: 2005-July-17, 03:42

[MickyB]

What option do we go for if we just want to bid 2♦?

[helene_t]

ARggghhhh I must have been sleeping.

[Gerben42]

1) I am not going to open 1♦.
2) Natural bids in as many situations as possible
3) Just 1♠ for me - show partner where you live.

[luke warm]

i feel slow today, i don't understand the question.. is that hand my (opener's) hand, and did responder bid 1d to my 1c? if so i just bid 1s

[Gerben42]

Looks like you understood the question.

[Double !]

1 ♠

With development of the system, it became apparent that there were some hands where it was necessary to rebid a decent 4-card major versus bidding a so-so 5-bagger at the 2-level, the latter eating up bidding space too quickly. One of the initial selling points of the system was it's use of 5-card majors, the preferred style of the majority of players in the states when they system came out in US in about 1969-70.

I am not too comfortable with rebidding a 4-card major unless partnership has clear agreement that a dbl raise by advancer promises 4-card support.

[luke warm]

i think responder shouldn't support the major without 4... maybe a good 3... imo opener should not bypass a 4 card major without very good reason