[msjennifer]

Opener CAN have a 4 card spade suit without an honor.For example ,holding S-5432,H-void,D-AQxxx,C-AKxx.Bidding 1S over 1H is then stretching the things too far! Make the hand S-Qxxx,H-void,D-Axxxx,C-AKxx, and then 1 S is obvious.

[Zelandakh]

 msjennifer, on 2016-August-20, 01:36, said:

Opener CAN have a 4 card spade suit without an honor.For example ,holding S-5432,H-void,D-AQxxx,C-AKxx.Bidding 1S over 1H is then stretching the things too far! Make the hand S-Qxxx,H-void,D-Axxxx,C-AKxx, and then 1 S is obvious.

You could make the hand ♠5432 ♥- ♦KT952 ♣AKQJ and I would still prefer to bid the 4 card major over a minor. I would not consider your hand stretching at all.

[fromageGB]

 Vampyr, on 2016-August-18, 19:38, said:

No, but in the UK game forcing is most common. Well I don't know actually. In London anyway.

But as we all know, opinion in London is usually the opposite of everywhere else in the country.
Around here, it is assumed to be a 1-bid force.

[P_Marlowe]

3NT

[P_Marlowe]

 Dinarius, on 2016-August-19, 01:03, said:

Thanks for the replies.

Ignoring the above hand, but using the same bidding sequence; in your systems, what would a jump to 3♠mean?

So....

1♦1♥
2♣ 3♠

....would indicate what?

Thanks.

D.

The 2C bid denied a 4+ spades, hence introducing a 4 card spade suit
is pointless.
You can agree to play it as 65, or as splinter for club, splinter will more
often come up

[Kaitlyn S]

 wank, on 2016-August-19, 01:12, said:

splinter for clubs. it's really not 'our bidding systems'. it's all bidding systems (natural ones anyway). if you really play that 2S is not forcing there, you're in a minority of 1.

Sadly, if you polled the USA's ten million bridge players, you would probably find at least 10,000 that say 2S isn't forcing there. Of course, calling them "bridge players" might be a stretch...

[Thiros]

Only one bridge player in a thousand thinks they can pass the 2♠ there? Color me pleasantly surprised. I have had BBO partners overcall in a major over my LHO's 1♣ opening bid, and then drop me in the support-showing 2♣ cue-bid.