Splinters after 1C - 1D - 2D and 1C - 1D - 3D

[r***@ntlworld.com]

Hi, Does anyone know a structure of bidding after these 2 sequences which tries to identify whether to play 5m or 3nt, Read a bit in a French mag but no detail which was called obviously enough Splinters after 1C - 1D. Thanks

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Post by r***@ntlworld.com
Hi, Does anyone know a structure of bidding after these 2 sequences which tries to identify whether to play 5m or 3nt, Read a bit in a French mag but no detail which was called obviously enough Splinters after 1C - 1D. Thanks

The sequences mentioned (in the title) are "Splinters after 1C-1D-2D and 1C-1D-3D." Please be aware that some newsreaders strip off the titles, so do not assume that everyone can read those.

Simple agreement obviously is that non-jump suits are game tries/notrump probes and jumps are splinters. This does not allow showing a club singleton; since partner opener the suit, you can generally assume a stopper and also wasted values for suit play, but obviously that won't always be the case.

So, for the first sequence, you might try 2H asks for stoppers (without promising one in hearts), 2S shows a spade stop while denying hearts, 3C, 3H, 3S are all splinters. It should be possible to sort things out after 1C-1D; 2D-2H.