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What is your catchall? 4SF sequence

Poll: What is your catchall? (28 member(s) have cast votes)

What is your catchall bid?

  1. 2N (2 votes [7.14%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 7.14%

  2. 3C (14 votes [50.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 50.00%

  3. 3D (8 votes [28.57%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 28.57%

  4. 3H (2 votes [7.14%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 7.14%

  5. 3S (2 votes [7.14%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 7.14%

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#21 User is offline   nige1 

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Posted 2011-January-10, 18:58

View Postmtvesuvius, on 2011-January-09, 21:13, said:


What is your catchall bid here? What do you do on 2254? 2245?
Déjà vu. IMO
  • 2N = Natural. At least half stop in e.g. Qx xx AQxxx AJxx.
  • 3 = Natural. At lest 55. e.g. Jx x AQxxx AJxxx.
  • 3 = Natural. At least 64. e.g. Jx x AQxxxx AJxx.
  • 3 = Natural. No stop & 2 or 3 e.g. xx Jx AQxxx AJxx.
  • 3 = Natural. Attempt to right-side notrump e.g. Axx x AJxxx KJxx.
  • 3N = Natural. Good stop e.g. AQT x AJxxx Qxxx.
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Posted 2011-January-10, 19:54

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As I said in the other post, this allows Responder to next bid 3 w/extra length ( 6 cards or a very good 5).

Now Opener w/2h can "agree " with a 4 bid and the auction is "clarified" because next:
4S! ( or 4NT!) is RKC for or
5H! is asking for a - Ctrl

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If Opener takes up the "space" with the "ambiguous 3H" call ( 2 or 3 cards ), you eliminate Responder's ability to make a RKC bid ( unless prior agreement with 4S! ) or a well-defined 5H bid when you need a -control.
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Posted 2011-January-11, 03:58

View Posttolvyrj, on 2011-January-10, 18:25, said:

Catchall bid? I dont know what that is (...)


It's a bid which isn't purely descriptive, rather it bundles up all hands that don't fit into other bids. For instance,

1 2
2

2 = any minimum hand. It's either 5332 or 54/55 or 6+ hearts, all with min values (say 11-14).

If your system only allows you to bid above 2 with med+ hands, then 2 becomes a catch-all for minimum hands.
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Posted 2011-January-11, 08:26

We have no catchall since 1-1X-2 can be 4-5 or 5-4. We just bid our longer minor, and as usual have a problem with 5-5... :rolleyes:

In partnerships where longer are not allowed, I prefer 3 as catchall, the cheapest rebid in a suit I already bid. Seems like it's theoretically sound to stay low with undescriptive hands. Perhaps 2NT is even better, but we might be wrongsiding contracts, so I don't like that.
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Posted 2011-January-20, 16:31

View PostTWO4BRIDGE, on 2011-January-10, 19:54, said:


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If Opener takes up the "space" with the "ambiguous 3H" call ( 2 or 3 cards ), you eliminate Responder's ability to make a RKC bid ( unless prior agreement with 4S! ) or a well-defined 5H bid when you need a -control.


But for me 3H is not "ambiguous" it is precisely 2 hearts. With 3 hearts I either have a balanced hand (open or rebid 1NT), or a minimum (when I raised 1H to 2H), or 16+ (when I jump to 4H over 2S - space-consuming, but a very specific hand type)
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Posted 2011-January-20, 17:22

2N with S-stop.
Prefer minor without.
Keep rest for strong somehow.
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