[Echognome]

Scoring: IMP

P - (1♥) - ?

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Your call at Swiss Teams.

[whereagles]

yes

[P_Marlowe]

yes.

Marlowe

[cherdano]

No.

[mr1303]

No.

2S looks more on the money for me.

[joker_gib]

No

Far too weak for me as my partner would expect a lot more.

Partner is a passed hand but can still have a powerful hand in front of a Michaels.

Even a 2♠ bid at this vul is not my cup of tea. I think I'd pass and wait a little bit to see how the auction proceeds.

Alain

[Sigi_BC84]

I would call 2♥, especially since this shows ♠ and ♣ specifically in our system. Partner is passed and I have only one useful defensive card and with luck might get one ♦ ruff, but not more. So why not put my offensive weight into the auction now? Next round might be too late (I do not see how to show my spades on a reasonable level after a Bergen raise or J2NT or whatever they might do).

--Sigi

[joker_gib]

It is sure that it can come back in 4♥, that we can have a ♠ game or a good save but bidding here can lead to big problems too. (and I want to keep my partner )

[han]

2S for me.

[mcphee]

This appears like a no brainer to me, 2H to show S and a minor weak or strong, not inbetween. I don't think I want to stress just one suit via a 2S call, especially this suit which is a tad ratty. Gee you might end up playing in 2S doubled when you could play C.

[Blofeld]

I'm another 2♠ bidder.

[inquiry]

Vunerable at imps I have to admit 2♠ on such a ratty suit would never occur to me. I am amazed to see people bidding that. However, 2♥ michaels I would at least consider. After all, it doubles my chances of landing in a nice spot. Against that, I telegraph to declerer how to play the hand if they buy the contract, and if we have a fit they WILL and if we don't have a fit, we want them to play the hand. Add to that, I have and ace and the distribution may not be friendly for them.

so I am going to pass. Give me some decent interemediates on this hand and I would bid 2♥, but thoses "x's" look too small to me.

[MickyB]

2♠ for me. If I could show both of my suits at once it would be closer.

I think it was actually love all, Matt. Not that it really matters, still an interesting question.

[Kalvan14]

2♠. I don't like Michaels, and the 6th spade is good.

[mike777]

Pass

Maybe I can win the hand in the play and defense with my silence?

second choice 2s since partner is a passed hand.

[mikeh]

1♠.

I don't want to pass, since we may make game even opposite a passed hand.

But my suit is too weak for 2♠: I want to play this suit as trump only if partner can raise.

And Michaels is too rich for me. Partner may take me seriously and go for a number, while if the opps outbid us, as they will if partner cannot raise 1♠, you have telegraphed the shape and even semi-comatose opps will play as if your hand is exposed.

By bidding 1♠ I get our side into the auction in the suit I'd like to have as trump, while staying too low for the opps to kill us, and with a bid that will require partner to have real support in order to get excited. At the same time, I get the binus that the opps may play me both for a flatter hand and for some of the missing hcp should they win the bidding.

I'll give up on the ♣ suit: big deal

[Winstonm]

1S

Michael's is poor when the higher ranking suit is either longer or of substantially better quality than the lower.

I don't like the spade spots for a preemptive bid.

1S doesn't preempt much over 1H but I think I have to get this hand into the auction and a big spade fit would be the only reason for our side to keep on bidding. I hope partner doesn't lead the A from Ax later on.

Winston

[Gerben42]

A clear 2♥ bid. Since bidding can certainly be dangerous it is MUCH safer if you have two safe havens like here.

[Fluffy]

2♥ just because partner is passed hand and won't probably try to double them.

If he wasn't unpassed hand I would think about 3♠

[cherdano]

I am not convinced 2H is safer at all than 2♠. I would certainly prefer 2♠ in a 6-2 fit over 3♣ in a 5-3 fit on heart forces. Also, Michaels is much easier to double.

I may be wrong but to me it seems that suit quality is even more important for 2-suited preempts than for single suited preempts. Also, if I get doubled in 2♠ I at least have some extra shape as surprise, so that it could still be a mistake by them.

Anyway, there is big money in this deal when we can successfully bid 4♠ over 4♥. It seems to me 2♠ gives partner the best chance to do so when it is right.

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