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Sorry this is a very simple question but does everyone play an auction such as
1S-2C-2H-2S
as guarenteeing 3 card support?
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Very simple 2/1 auction
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Posted 2009-September-15, 11:16
I would not. It sounds like simple preference to me, could be 2-2 for example. But I am no expert on 2/1.
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Posted 2009-September-15, 11:22
In "standard 2/1" 2S guarantees 3-card support.
However, there exist some strong 2/1 players (and no doubt some no-so-strong 2/1 players) who prefer to be able to bid 2S with a doubleton. No doubt this approach has some theoretical merit, but as far as I can tell, the group of players that favors this approach consists of only a small minority of 2/1 players (at least in the USA).
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However, there exist some strong 2/1 players (and no doubt some no-so-strong 2/1 players) who prefer to be able to bid 2S with a doubleton. No doubt this approach has some theoretical merit, but as far as I can tell, the group of players that favors this approach consists of only a small minority of 2/1 players (at least in the USA).
Fred Gitelman
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Posted 2009-September-15, 11:29
fred, on Sep 15 2009, 12:22 PM, said:
In "standard 2/1" 2S guarantees 3-card support.
However, there exist some strong 2/1 players (and no doubt some no-so-strong 2/1 players) who prefer to be able to bid 2S with a doubleton. No doubt this approach has some theoretical merit, but as far as I can tell, the group of players that favors this approach consists of only a small minority of 2/1 players (at least in the USA).
Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com
However, there exist some strong 2/1 players (and no doubt some no-so-strong 2/1 players) who prefer to be able to bid 2S with a doubleton. No doubt this approach has some theoretical merit, but as far as I can tell, the group of players that favors this approach consists of only a small minority of 2/1 players (at least in the USA).
Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com
yep. and 2NT, not 2S, is the marking-time bid by responder, IMHO.
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Posted 2009-September-15, 11:29
ewj, on Sep 15 2009, 12:08 PM, said:
Sorry this is a very simple question but does everyone play an auction such as
1S-2C-2H-2S
as guarenteeing 3 card support?
1S-2C-2H-2S
as guarenteeing 3 card support?
don't know about 3 card but the 2♠ qbid is normally used as a strong ♣ support in this auction. BTW you ought to alert us that the opps are using NFB so that 2♥ is one.
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Posted 2009-September-15, 11:31
i dont think this is intended to have been posted as a competitive auction, Pool.
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Posted 2009-September-15, 12:35
I don't know how to use search function but we've had this thread before also.
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