[lycier]

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Assume that the partner open 1♣,you respond to 1♦,it is a normal auction,however,with the opener rebid any bids including 1♥ ,1♠ or 1nt at 1-level,and then some problems will come to pass,now for this hand,how do you handle?

[JLOGIC]

I would just sign off in 2D however my methods allow for that, I have no aces so I'm not going to look for game with 9 points.

[gszes]

JLOGIC, on 2013-February-23, 02:14, said:

I would just sign off in 2D however my methods allow for that, I have no aces so I'm not going to look for game with 9 points.

If this is MP the chances of game are are anti% so reaching for game does indeed seem not worth the
effort and a 2d rebid seems called for though diamonds might still score worse than 1N.

At Imps there is still too much potential for game opposite a lot of minimums (mostly 5m)
and I would make an invitational bid (in either clubs or diamonds) by whatever means are available
in my partnership.

[Cyberyeti]

Assuming 2 or 3 card club and bidding 1N rather than 1M with balanced, this is awkward, I'd like to bid 3♣ both because probably at least one of our 3m contracts probably makes and so quite often does one of their 2M contracts. Possibly depends what I'm showing by 3♣.

I never have this problem as my club shows 4.

[lexlogan]

I'd generally rebid 2♦, planning to compete to 3♣ next. 3NT or five of a minor are possible, but seem fairly unlikely if partner cannot move over 2♦. If you have an agreement that a 1♥ or 1♠ rebid promises four clubs (i.e., opener must rebid 1NT on any 4333) then it is probably better to rebid 2♣ or 3♣. I'd settle for 2♣; I give little weight to distribution when bidding minors since the goal of 3NT generally requires high-card strength. 2♦ will give a better description of this hand when there is any subsequent bidding; the downside is that if there isn't, 2♦ is probably not a good spot.

[Vampyr]

lexlogan, on 2013-February-27, 13:48, said:

If you have an agreement that a 1♥ or 1♠ rebid promises four clubs (i.e., opener must rebid 1NT on any 4333) then it is probably better to rebid 2♣ or 3♣. I'd settle for 2♣;

It would be surprising if a natural 2♣ bid were available.

[lycier]

It is a most difficult to describe a invitational hand with 6 card minor suiter in any bidding system, so I think there is a invitational values in the south's hand:
1-if you play two way stayman,rebid 2♣ relay to 2♦,and then bid 3♦ as game invitation.
2-if you don't play two way stayman,jump bid 3♦ for the invitation.
3-or rebid 2nt to invite game.

Do you agree with my proposals?

[mike777]

lycier, on 2013-February-23, 01:59, said:

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Assume that the partner open 1♣,you respond to 1♦,it is a normal auction,however,with the opener rebid any bids including 1♥ ,1♠ or 1nt at 1-level,and then some problems will come to pass,now for this hand,how do you handle?

no problem..

sign off in 2d ...next

for me 2c forcing 2d

[PhilKing]

gszes, on 2013-February-27, 13:10, said:

At Imps there is still too much potential for game opposite a lot of minimums (mostly 5m)
and I would make an invitational bid (in either clubs or diamonds) by whatever means are available
in my partnership.

I think this is almost never the situation.

My experience is that, given the lack of a major-suit overcall by either opponent, partner is likely to have length and strength in the majors. In particular, partner is almost nailed on to have four spades here.