I am still struggling with A major attraction of the msc, for me, is the opportunity to see just what BWS bids mean. The following is a frustrating diary of my thinking, read it only if you have nothing better to do with your time!
Looking at "After our major suit openings" and then "later actions" we find
"(e) After one spade — one notrump — two clubs — ?, a two-diamond rebid is Bart, artificially temporarily suggesting five hearts and converting natural rebids by responder to showing stronger hands than if the same action had been taken directly."
OK, so BWS plats Bart. Now on the BrdgeWinners for BART(modified), see
https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/bart-modified/In particular,
"If you do choose to play BART, your partnership should bid 2
on a doubleton instead of a 3 card
suit. This allows you to take fuller advantage of your gadget and responder also knows that opener’s 2
bid promises 4."
So, after 1
- 1NT - 2
, if it goes that way, partner has five spades and at least four diamonds. I have only two clubs and I am assuming the opponents have not come into the auction. Seems like partner has some clubs.
In which case, maybe the hand actually belongs in diamonds, not hearts.
But usually I will hear 2
from pard rather than 2
:
Playing BART after 1NT, partner will bid 2
if he holds three diamonds and two clubs, after which my 2
is artificial and forcing. Over 2
then, according to BridgeWinners, partner bids 2
with "All minimum hands. Opener only breaks with a hand good enough to bid over a natural
sign off"
Now this is, perhaps, a bit weird. It means that after 1
- 1NT - 2
- 2
- 2
, nobody has really shown much of anything in the way of shape. Still, opener presumably does not have four diamonds since he bid 2
and so we can forget about playing in diamonds.
Ah but: Now I would like a bid of 3
by me to show the hand that I have. Unfortunately Bridge winners says that bidding 3
would be 2-6 in the majors rather than 1-6.
So BART could be useful if I were 2-6, but no, I am 1-6.
Ok, I guess I just bid 2
over 1
.
I did warn you of the frustration!