30th June – Board 22: Game All. Dealer East.
If as responder you intend to make more than one bid then it is correct to bid your suits in the normal way, that is to say you should bid your longest suit first. It is only when you intend to pass if your partner makes a minimum rebid in his suit that you should prefer bidding a four card major to a five card minor.
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West
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North
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East
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South
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1H
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No
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2C
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No
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2H
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No
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2S
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No
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4D
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No
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4S
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End
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It is perfectly in order to respond 2C on the hand shown above because as responder you aim to bid again. East is close to reversing with 2S but is not quite good enough since a reverse after a two-level response is forcing to game. Sometimes it is better to have something in reserve. However that East hand becomes enormous when partner shows the other major and a splinter bid of 4D looks appropriate, showing a raise to game in spades with a singleton or void diamond. West might be tempted to bid on but the queen of diamonds looks wasted and the trump suit is too fragile to suggest further action other than a bid of 4S. South should lead a trump as both East and West have shown distributional hands but declarer can easily prevail by cross-ruffing his way to ten tricks.
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