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barmar, on 2020-June-28, 23:11, said:

For most of the players I know, 3♦ would be a splinter in support of spades, not a stronger reverse.

Really? How do you make a forcing rebid as opener then?

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smerriman, on 2020-June-28, 23:18, said:

Really? How do you make a forcing rebid as opener then?

It's entirely playable and fairly common around here. Opener's simple rebid is forcing for one round (or sometimes "forcing", meaning responder might pass on a subminimum hand with a misfit). You lose the ability to play in 2 of the second suit and have to work out how to show those strong hands later. But you gain free bids for things like mini-splinters. It's not my preferred approach, but it's neither a big winner nor a big loser in my experience.

I'm surprised to find it's the default expectation somewhere though.

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I realised afterwards (thought I edited it in, apparently not), barmar was probably referring to 3♦ in the original auction, vs 3♦ in the quoted auction. But interesting to know it's actually played that way too.