#1 Agree. Passing and coming back in later is the worst of both worlds. . #3 Agree 7222 is horrid for offence. But the flip side is that it is also equally horrid for defence (usually zero or at most one) defensive tricks. . #5 Hmmm. Pd is passed, LHO is unlimited, RHO made a (not silly?) second in hand weak2, our Spades are terrible. We are red. Just 2S for me. . WDDDL 35