[blml] Insufficient rebid [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[John R. Mayne]

-----Original Message-----
>From: richard.hills at immi.gov.au
>Sent: Oct 25, 2006 5:20 PM
>To: blml at rtflb.org
>Subject: [blml]  Insufficient rebid    [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]
>
>You and your partner have agreed to play a
>weak notrump and the lebensohl convention.
>
>Matchpoint pairs, South dealer, none vul.
>
>You, South, hold:
>
>Q63
>93
>KJ53
>AK87
>
>The bidding has gone:
>
>WEST      NORTH     EAST      SOUTH
>---       ---       ---       1NT
>1H        1S        Pass      ?
>
>What call do you make?

2S.

>What other calls do you consider making?

I consider pass, but reject it. Partner is doing something by bidding rather than forcing the opponents to make a choice, and it may be abject poverty, but he might also have a complex hand and desire to get his suits in their natural order: KJ842 5 AQ642 Q9 - is 3S really better than getting to show your spades at the one-level? (Yeah, I know that leaves a lot of hearts out there, but partner still might have a hand where he wants to get those spades in before the three-level.)

--JRM