Re: Responding to weak two

raija d wrote:
> "raija d" <mustikka@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> All white, online IMPs indy, first hand with unknown partner from
>> Poland on BBO  Self-rating was Expert, but as we all know it does
>> not mean anything. [Well, if he were from a certain other country,
>> I would know it means he is intermediate at best...]
>>
>> (P) 2S (P) ?
>>
>> Your have VOID-J10xxxxx-xx-10xxx.  Assume you would Pass as I did.
>>
>> (P) 2S (P) P
>> (X)  P  (P) ?
>>
>> Pass again or what?
> 
> I did not dare bid hearts as I somehow got vibes (even online...!)
> that my partner was an idiot, mainly by reading how he had written
> his stats in a manner that a "real" player would not write them.  I
> am pretty sure that if I had bid hearts after the Dbl was left in,
> he would not leave it in hearts. Of course nothing gained if nothing
> risked and I should have bid 3H and see if he knows to pass it.
> 
> Opener had QJxxx-x-xxx-Qxxx and 2SX was of course a disaster as you
> all knew.  I thought that without discussion and assuming SAYC or
> some sort of 'standard' in an indy, absent any discussion, the 2S
> opener would be a little more traditional, second seat of all things! 
> 3HX would have gone for -probable -500 while 2SX was -800.  Somehow
> the opponents allowed partner to score 4 tricks.  He said it was
> multi...so Art was clever to suspect that.

So what?  Your partner should still be cackling over what a success
he scored.  Looking at your two hands, is there any doubt that 6 of
a minor is cold for the enemy (maybe seven).  That is worth at
least 900 points.  I proposed this a few minutes ago in my original
answer to your first posting.

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