[Echognome]

Scoring: IMP

(P) - P - (1♦)* - 2♦
(X) - 2♠ - (X) - ?

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*Precision 1♦, 11-15 hcp, 3+ diamonds, may have longer clubs.

In third seat, RHO opens 1♦ and you have agreed with your partner that 2♦ is natural. LHO doubles and partner bids 2♠. RHO doubles.

What do you bid now?

(I'd prefer it if only BILers responded. Thank you.)

[hrothgar]

I'm happy to be banned from replying to this thread:

I'd need to be on serious drugs to contemplate a 2♦ overcall. Lacking such "inspiration" I doubt that I'd come up with the correct answer...

[Badmonster]

Pass? Can I bid again without lying or doing damage?

[FrancesHinden]

What hrothgar said.

[mr1303]

Someone once made an overcall on a hand like that in a league match against myself and David Collier (david_c).

It went for -1700 and found its way onto the poor bridge section of the Durham University website, found here

[Echognome]

Ok. Abstracting from your bad overcall, which i'm forcing you to make, what is your call now?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

[cherdano]

This isn't the right vulnerability to psych.

[sceptic]

pass

[han]

For what it is worth, I think that this is a very valuable lesson hand. Of course the 2D bid is bad, but just change the hand a bit to make the 2D somewhat reasonable, and see what you would bid now.

I think most advanced plus can immediately see what the right call is and explain in a few words why that call is the only right call. However, I would be pleasantly surprised if a BILlie can give a good argument for why [the right call] is correct.

This is a fairly common situation, I think that it would be worthwhile to think about this some more and perhaps try to post your thoughts.

[boris3161]

I think I'd pass - I'm guessing my partner has a hand on the cusp between a 1♠ and a weak 2♠ opening and elected to pass it. If we're going to play in a game contract, this is likely to be the cheapest going. Any bid I make is likely to be digging the hole we're in deeper.

[sceptic]

well I think pass is still right

I called 2 D NOT clubs as natural so may be pard has a few helpful D's and a 5 card spade suit, easier to bid than a 5 card heart suit, so even passed I would expect reasonable spades 5/2 fit not so bad we are only after partscore anyway so why go tothe 3 level and get ur self in more trouble.

If opps go to clubs or hearts at least with Kxx in both I can start shortening trumps for them and maybe 2 spades and a ruff and a K winner thats 4 tricks only need 1 more to set them at the 3 level

and whats the worse that can happen -3 double not vuln (I have been in worse spots hahaha)

also pard still has a bid to make

[Thymallus]

Pass

We don't have enough to make game even remotely possible (unless we make 2 Sp X)
I think the opps have an 8 card heart fit and will bid it.
Partner probably has 6 spades so "The Law" is on our side.
We are vul.

My kings are well placed defensively so I hope we can get 3 or 4 hearts down.

BUT since I live in ACOL land I have little or no idea how to deal with precision so I am probably completely wrong on all possible counts!

John