Standard treatment of responses with a 5-5 major-suited hand varies. The most common approach is to use 3♥ and 3♠ bids to show a 5-5 hand with invitational and game-forcing values.
This assumes that you do not have a conventional meaning for 3♥ and 3♠ responses. In …
With 5-5 and 0-7 HCP, we'd like to act, find an 8-card minor fit, and play at the 3-level instead of passing 1NT. This is especially true when your minimal hand lacks probable entries to set up either minor …
8 things to know after your partner bids the artificial 2D game force
Requirements to open 1♦
Our 1♦ opening bid is restricted (slightly). When we open 1♦ we are stating that we have 4 or more diamonds and a singleton or void in a side-suit. If we don't have a singleton or void, then we will have at least 6 diamonds. This …
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North Deals, Vul: None
!{ew DN V0 NA SAT98752.H2.DQ8.CAK4 SKQ64.HT953.DAK65.C9 NA}
BB auction: 1♦-1♠; 2♠-4♥Splinter; 4NT-5♠; 6♠ (6♠ scores 10Mps)
| West | North | East | South |
|---|---|---|---|
| pass | 1♦! | pass | |
| 1♠ | pass | 3 … |