[broze]

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How forcing is 3♦ in these auctions, if at all, in standard bidding?

Does the fact that W had 2C available as a transfer to diamonds over the 1NT bid change anything?

Thanks.

[helene_t]

Nf. Even if rho is prone to psyching. You can always bid clubs if you want to force

[jallerton]

1. What is E/W's style of 1-level overcalls?
2. What did double of 1NT mean?
3. Is West likely to have a hand where he would want to make a forcing 3♦ bid?
4. If 3♦ is NF, that doesn't preclude East from raising with a suitable hand.

[broze]

jallerton, on 2015-January-05, 16:26, said:

1. What is E/W's style of 1-level overcalls?
2. What did double of 1NT mean?
3. Is West likely to have a hand where he would want to make a forcing 3♦ bid?
4. If 3♦ is NF, that doesn't preclude East from raising with a suitable hand.

1. Very aggressive. However usually it will be suitable for a lead director unless he has extra shape or pre-emption possibilities.
2. 'Values', happy to play 1Nx
3. Not very often I should think.
4. This is funny. Of course I made a truly terrible pass as responder on the hand that inspired this post. However it later transpired that p had tried to make a forcing bid and just assumed that I had lost my mind when I passed (even more than I did). I am certainly not trying to shift any blame onto p for this particular mishap.