SAYC I assume???
This is a hand where the second bid will help define your hand and you would like to get it as cheap as possible because unless there is a meld w/ partner, making a 2 level bid could be REAL tough.
I believe you need to lie to partner and bid 1
with the intent to bid diamonds if allowed on your next bid. Your hearts are strong enuf that the lie won't get you into too much trouble. "Worse" case partner raises to 2
. You respond to 3
and (in this case) yer off to the races. If partner retracts to 3 hearts, u pass. Or partner passes 3
if weak. Or you end up in 3NT which is where you were stuck anyway....and that contract really sucks, though I think I would find a 4 heart bid in there if partner had responded 2H.
I played a lot of tourney bridge in my yute. Haven't played in a few years so my advice needs to be taken w/ a grain of salt.
(((Edit for clarity))) This is really a classic two suited hand. And because it's marginal, you want to be able to mention both suits as cheap as possible. Diamonds then hearts implies a MUCH bigger hand and is not a choice IMO. That leaves hearts then diamonds. Are you bidding 1 diamond with the hope that partner will respond 1 heart? If that's the case, when partner responds 2 or three hearts, I think you'll be good to go also...yes?
Last edited by King Spew; 01-28-2008 at 03:07 PM.