Your rebid playing KSU

[chuck and teril swart]

Imps, non-vul vs vul. You are first to speak and hold:

K2

A9

KT9852

A74

You open 1d and the bidding goes

1d (P) 1H (P)

?

Is this hand too good for 2d, according to B-10 which says "not 14 if a good suit"?

If you don't bid 2d then what is your call.

[Adam Wildavsky]

I’ll happily rebid 2d. Edgar did not define “good six-card suit” but to my mind it should contain at least two of the top three honors. Even with that, I’d like some texture as well. 

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[jerome keslin]

I don't think this hand is

 " severely " limited.

Upgrade to a 1nt rebid. Auctions easier after this. 

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[Adam Wildavsky]

It’s not the hand that’s limited, it’s the auction. Possibly this is a distinction without a difference. 

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[Christopher Monsour]

I’d definitely rebid 1N at matchpoints, but 2D, keeping strain open, seems better at IMPs.

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[Christopher Monsour]

And if I think it’s too good for 2D (I don’t), 2C is an option.

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[Steve Willner]

Isn't 2D a "miserable minimum?" I don't think the example hand is that.
(C4 = 15.95.) I think 1NT is within range, but I'd rebid 2C. It could
be right to play 3NT from my side, but it seems more likely that
partner's side is better.

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[Fred.]

I agree with Adam.  Opener expects that responder

will rebid 3NT with a random 10 HCP after

1D - 1H

2C -  2H

3D

I want the responding hand to have a good 2-card diamond

fit as well.  With 10-11 HCP including a good 2-card diamond

fit,  I think responder will try 2NT after

1D - 1H

2D

Fred.

[doug...@aol.com]

This was my first thought, expecting to rebid 3D.

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[jerome keslin]

It is not clear to me how responder is supposed to continue after a 2c rebid, holding xxx, KJxxx, x, Qxxx. Apparently 2h is forcing in KSU and then a 3d rebid by opener is problematic.

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[Steve Willner]

On 11/3/23 3:05 PM, jerome keslin wrote:
> It is not clear to me how responder is supposed to continue after a 2c
> rebid, holding xxx, KJxxx, x, Qxxx.

If responder thinks the hand is no longer a real response, given the
diamond misfit, the answer is to pass 2C. If responder thinks (as I do)
this is a normal minimum response, the bid is 2H, which shows no extra
values and is mandatory with a 5+cM.

> Apparently 2h is forcing in KSU and
> then a 3d rebid by opener is problematic.

What's the problem? Responder has a minimum response and passes. 4C,
if that's what you were thinking of, shows game interest. (Not to
mention that opener's club suit could have been a doubleton.)

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[Fred.]

I can't imagine responder calling anything but 2H on the

second round.  2C is essentially unlimited and a good

4H contract is decidedly a possibility.   Sometimes you

are set when everything is wrong.

Fred.

[Ronald Kalf]

2C for me, I rate the hand 16. 1N is an interesting option, but the hand doesn‘t look notrumpish and likely plays better from the other side.