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[Event "01/04/11  Handicap Game"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "21"]
[West "Rachel"]
[North "Tony"]
[East "Barbara"]
[South "Pete"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:7.AK94.Q932.KJ92 8.QJT7.AK85.AQT3 KT53.532.T76.864 AQJ9642.86.J4.75"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result ""]
{Above is how GIB would have bid the hand.  However, Barbara did not care for
an overcall on four mediocre hearts.  She passed, correctly rejected the
takeout double and 1NT.  When I passed, Rachel tried 3\S.  I don't recall ever
seeing this before!

Mike Lawrence, in <i>Balancing</i>, says there are lots of opinions on this jump;
having a sensible agreement is a good thing.  He recommends it should show "a
good preempt with which you expect to make your contract opposite a random ten
count."  His first example is \SKJ108764 \H3 \DAJ3 \C42, a hand not
substantially stronger than Rachel's. 

Here are the basic reopening treatments Lawrence recommends over an opening
bid:\n
<b>Double</b> - may be lighter than a standard takeout double, quite lighter with
4-4-4-1.\n
    Bidding again after doubling shows about a king less than it would in
direct seat.\n
<b>1NT</b> - a good 11 to 14, perhaps stronger over a major.\n
<b>1 of a suit</b> - starts at six points and a moderate 5-card suit, stronger on a
4-carder.\n
<b>2 of a lower ranking suit</b> - 5-card suit or longer; consider passing with
shortness in higher suit.\n
<b>2 of a higher ranking suit</b> - a hand worth about 15 points with a decent 6-card
suit.\n
<b>3 of a lower ranking suit</b> - aimed a 3NT, a very good suit worth about 15
points.\n
<b>3 of a higher ranking suit</b> - a sound preempt (see above).\n
<b>Cue bid</b> - a hand that cannot risk a penalty pass; Mike shows strong hands.\n
    Kit Woolsey, in <i>Matchpoints</i>, says it should promise a void in a normal
3-suited opening hand.\n
    I play Woolsey's method, which does not exclude Lawrence's, if you bid a
strong hand again.\n
<b>2NT</b> - natural (never unusual), balanced, about 19-20.\n
<b>Pass</b> - Woolsey recommends passing with length in opener's suit, since partner
would have acted\n
    with shortness and strength.  Nevertheless, passing bets the opponents
have made a mistake.

- Pete Matthews}
[Auction "N"]
1C 1H {One-level overcall -- 5+ H; 8-17 HCP; 9-19 total points}
Pass 1S {2- H; 5+ S; 7+ total points}
Pass {No suitable call -- 3+ C; 11+ HCP; 12-20 total points}
1NT {5+ H; 15+ HCP; 17- total points; stop in C}
Pass {No suitable call -- 8- total points}
3S {2- H; rebiddable S; 10+ total points; forcing}
Pass {No suitable call -- 3+ C; 11+ HCP; 12-20 total points}
4S {5+ H; 2+ S; 15+ HCP; 17- total points; stop in C}
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N  S  2
N  H  3
N  D  4
N  C  4
N NT  4
E  S 10
E  H  8
E  D  9
E  C  9
E NT  9
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S  H  3
S  D  4
S  C  4
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W  D  9
W  C  9
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