Last night I had a rare hand with 22 TP. My partner had 5 TP. With the combined points of 27 we should have been good with a NT or major suit game, but I had a singleton and partner did not have any 5+ cards.
I opened the bidding with 2♣. Defender made a 2♦ overcall. Partner responded with 2NT. I rebid 3♦ since I knew we couldn't play no-trump due to my singleton. Diamonds was my longest suit. Partner rebid 3NT.
SAYC recommends the following responses to 2♣.
2♦ if partner is unsure as the hand is not suited to a positive response.
2♠♥ or 3♦♣ if partner has 8+ TP and 5+ cards.
2NT if partner has a balanced 8+ HCP.
Accordingly, partner's best response should have been 2♦ since he did not have enough points. Unfortunately, defender's overcall was exactly this bid. In this situation I think the best response would have been Pass. This way I would know that partner's hand was not good enough.
Let's say if partner did call Pass. I would have concluded that our combined points could not be more than 29, i.e. my 22 plus partner's maximum of 7. A minor-suit game was still a possibility if partner did have 7 HCP. A no-trump game was still impossible due to my singleton (unless partner's suit was long), so I would have to establish whether it should be a major or minor game. I would then bid 3♦ to signal my long suit to partner. He had only 2 diamonds so he would change suit, but since he had no 5+ suit at all his best bid would again be Pass. On hearing 2 consecutive passes from partner I would then conclude that our best final bid would have to be 3 major.
I opened the bidding with 2♣. Defender made a 2♦ overcall. Partner responded with 2NT. I rebid 3♦ since I knew we couldn't play no-trump due to my singleton. Diamonds was my longest suit. Partner rebid 3NT.
SAYC recommends the following responses to 2♣.
2♦ if partner is unsure as the hand is not suited to a positive response.
2♠♥ or 3♦♣ if partner has 8+ TP and 5+ cards.
2NT if partner has a balanced 8+ HCP.
Accordingly, partner's best response should have been 2♦ since he did not have enough points. Unfortunately, defender's overcall was exactly this bid. In this situation I think the best response would have been Pass. This way I would know that partner's hand was not good enough.
Let's say if partner did call Pass. I would have concluded that our combined points could not be more than 29, i.e. my 22 plus partner's maximum of 7. A minor-suit game was still a possibility if partner did have 7 HCP. A no-trump game was still impossible due to my singleton (unless partner's suit was long), so I would have to establish whether it should be a major or minor game. I would then bid 3♦ to signal my long suit to partner. He had only 2 diamonds so he would change suit, but since he had no 5+ suit at all his best bid would again be Pass. On hearing 2 consecutive passes from partner I would then conclude that our best final bid would have to be 3 major.
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