On Oct 19, 7:08?pm, boblipton <boblip..._at_nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> On Oct 19, 2:25?pm, Stu Goodgold <st..._at_sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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> > Club pairs event. ?Decent field.

> > You are nv vs vul.

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> > You hold:

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> > ? ?Q4

> > ? ?J42

> > ? ?KT9873

> > ? ?J4

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> > The opps are silent; partner is dealer.

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> > ? 1H - 2H

> > ? 2S - ?

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> > 2S is a help suit game try. ?What is your call?

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> > -Stu Goodgold

> > San Jose, CA ?

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> Under my rather rigorous definition for a Help Suit game try, partner

> is sitting on four spades to one of the three top honors and if I can

> hold losers in the suit to 1, then I need to bid game, so it's 4H for

> me. Of course, I play this is a 2/1 matrix, so this would not call for

> a ?a 2H response.

Constructive raises are not an essential feature of 2/1.  I've played

2/1 with a number of different partners over the years and I don't

think I've ever used constructive raises with any of them, except

possibly one brief partnership.

                                    -- Adam