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The second round after they use Michaels 1D-(2D)-X-(2H)-?

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Posted 2014-May-21, 21:49

Strong partner, but no discussion about this particular sequence.

It goes 1♦ -(2♦) - X - 2(♥).

Presumably partner's X was the usual some values, can penalize one minor, etc etc type of hand.

Obviously opener's 3C and 3D are going to be natural now.

Do you "almost always" pass with semibalanced semiminimum hands? Or will you go out of your way to bid 2S or 2NT or Double here?
Is there a special toy that helps opener in this spot? (In one of my partnerships Good-Bad 2N would be on here; in most of the others that would sound natural, trying to get to 3NT instead of selling out to their hearts.)
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Posted 2014-May-22, 02:30

Seems simplest (for B/I at least) to use the usual rules for penalty situations as taught for 1suit - (X) - XX auctions. So double is penalty, bidding is weak and distributional, pass is forcing. Would be a stretch to go further than this without discussion.
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