[VM1973]

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Playing with a partner, no previous discussion, we reached 2♠. Suggest the best contract and a reasonable auction to reach it.

[TylerE]

Assuming you're playing some sort of 2/1, I think 2♥ is a gross over bid.

Standard, and ptobably best, is 1♠-1NT (forcing)-2♣-2♥-p

[neilkaz]

VM you're finding your share of bad partners today.

In S/A systems a 2/1 promises a rebid so PD isn't good enough for 2♥.

Anyhow the WTP sequence is 1♠-1NT (whether forcing or not) 2♣-2♥ PASS.

[rmnka447]

Playing either 2/1 (i.e. Forcing NT after a major opening) or standard, the auction turns out to be the same -- 1 ♠ - 1 NT - 2 ♣ - 2 ♥.

Playing standard, a 1 NT response to a 1 of a major opening is a catch all response that just shows someplace between 5-10 value. There's absolutely no guarantees about stoppers or distribution. Opener can pass the 1 NT response with a flat minimum hand. Believe me, playing standard over the years, I've played 1 NT with some pretty strange looking hands when partner passed with a minimum 5-3-3-2 hand. With a lower ranking second 4 card suit, as in the hand queried about here, opener will normally bid it. It allows responder to take a preference or possibly bid a long suit if one is held. Here that's what should happen (i.e. 2 ♥). Opener with minimum values and a tolerance for ♥s should pass 2 ♥.

Playing 2/1, a 1 NT response to 1 of a major is forcing for 1 round. Again it is still a catch all response, but shows a wider range of values -- someplace between 5-12 value. After the Forcing NT response, opener only rebids his major with 6+ cards in the suit. With only 5 cards in the major, opener normally bids a lower ranking 4 card suit, or, without a 4 card suit rebids his lowest ranking 3 card suit. Any further rebid by responder below 2 NT shows 5-8 value and is non forcing. So here after opener rebids 2 ♣, responder rebids 2 ♥ to show his heart length and opener passes.

It looks like in the actual auction, South overbid by bidding 2 ♥, then couldn't find another bid when opener rebid his major.

[JLOGIC]

It doesn't matter on this hand if 1N is forcing or not, north is 54 so will bid 2C. 1S-1N-2C-2H is normal in most commonly played systems, and voila it works out well.

[TylerE]

Well, in fairness, it's probably a 2♥ response in most ACOL variants.

[VM1973]

 TylerE, on 2013-September-10, 17:06, said:

Well, in fairness, it's probably a 2♥ response in most ACOL variants.

Assuming it was an ACOL variant, how would the bidding go thereafter?

[gnasher]

 VM1973, on 2013-September-11, 09:34, said:

Assuming it was an ACOL variant, how would the bidding go thereafter?

1♠-2♥
2♠-3♥
pass

By the way, it's "Acol", not "ACOL", just as it's "Precision" not "PRECISION".

[VM1973]

Well I didn't know so I just followed the way the person above me had written it.

[wyman]

This is not an interesting bridge hand; it belongs in N/B.

[VM1973]

 wyman, on 2013-September-11, 10:26, said:

This is not an interesting bridge hand; it belongs in N/B.

Sorry administrator. Surely you'll have no difficulty in moving it to the correct forum.

[Cyberyeti]

 gnasher, on 2013-September-11, 10:01, said:

1♠-2♥
2♠-3♥
pass

By the way, it's "Acol", not "ACOL", just as it's "Precision" not "PRECISION".

Depends on agreements (we play 3♥ GF), many people will pass 2♠, 3♥ deserves 6 spades and 0-1♥. Make J♥ a small spade, do you really want to bid 3♥ here ? particularly on a club lead.