lycier, on 2015-May-21, 21:20, said:
I know it,however I am embarrassed.
(The answer is first 2nt, then 4nt after 3nt.)
It seems this topic shouldn't be reported here.
Thank you for the lesson. Not.
I am well aware of what in principle should or should not be reported here. If I break those guidelines it is not because I am unaware of the guidelines but because I am unaware that the example hand is in breach.
The reason that I did not rebid 2N was for fear that it may be passed.
Things may have changed (which is where I may have been in breach), but it certainly used to be the case that 1D-2C-2N was treated the same as an inverted minor raise, ie 1D-2D-2N or 1C-2C-2N, and could be passed, showing a balanced hand too weak for 1N opener. That treatment came under some criticism, certainly from me, because it remained too wide a range for a non-forcing bid (11-14 HCP). Perhaps it has been corrected by now.
See this thread
http://www.bridgebas...post__p__831745
and this one
http://www.bridgebas...post__p__808228
That said, if I can show an 18-19 balanced hand at the level of 3N I would rather do so than at the level of 4N. Aside from the risk, albeit minimal, that on a bad lie of the cards 9 tricks may be the limit, the additional bidding space could be used (by an intelligent pair) for more accurate further continuations.
Furthermore, it is somewhat irrelevant whether I mis-bid this particular hand. Presumably GIB does envisage a possible set of hands, perhaps not including this one, on which it expects a 3N rebid. That set of hands contains a range of 14-21 HCP. At the top end it would have additional values in the form of total points, as with a balanced hand it would have opened 2N. That is unplayable. Is it in breach of the posting guidelines to express that view? Opinions other than from Lycier are solicited. And forgive me, but if it is in breach of forum guidelines to express that view then it bl**dy well should not be.
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