tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167918454701652348.post8165988980519432791..comments2024-03-11T11:29:56.577-04:00Comments on The Gargoyle Chronicles: Event 3 - Match 8 - Board 5Phillip Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12686740850642509457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167918454701652348.post-32117390525605562662012-09-30T23:39:21.159-04:002012-09-30T23:39:21.159-04:00I'm a firm believer in bidding the six-card su...I'm a firm believer in bidding the six-card suit first when you are six-five. Playing in your longer suit can mean the difference between maintaining control and getting tapped out. So I would have shown the minor first in all of your examples (with or without the one heart overcall).Phillip Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12686740850642509457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167918454701652348.post-87225910476083374382012-09-30T14:59:46.441-04:002012-09-30T14:59:46.441-04:00Hi Phillip, you discuss bidding clubs first with 5...Hi Phillip, you discuss bidding clubs first with 5/5 in the blacks. My partner and I had two hands yesterday where responder had a game forcing five-major SIX-minor hand. <br /><br />The first was AQ9xx, -, xx, AK9xxx and partner opens 1D (4+). A 2C response would be forcing to game, do you prefer that or 1S? Any difference after a 1H overcall (1S now shows 5 and 2C is F1, not GF)?<br /><br />The second was AKJxx, Jx, KQJxxx, -, partner opens 1C (2+). We play transfer style responses so the options are 1H (4+S, partner will show support in some fashion with any 3+S) or 2D (5+D, GF).<br /><br />On both hands we elected to show the major first, and both hands wondered if it would have been better to start with the minor!<br /><br />Thanks for your blog, much appreciated. <br /><br />PieterPieterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11619124668861512745noreply@blogger.com