DEAR MR. RIGAL: If I open one club, the next player overcalls one spade and partner doubles, is my two-diamond rebid still a reverse?

-- Old-Fashioned,

Durango, Colo.

DEAR READER: Back in the day, negative doubles showed support for both unbid suits. In that style, two diamonds would indicate a minimum with four diamonds. Some would argue that this no longer applies, but I do not agree. I'd jump to three diamonds with extras, so two diamonds shows a minimum, typically 4-5 in the minors. With a game-forcing reverse, I start with a cue bid.

DEAR MR. RIGAL: I had this hand: ; Q-8-7-6-5-2, k ---, l A-10-7-4-3, ' A-2, at unfavorable vulnerability, and I heard my right-hand opponent open one no-trump. I bid two spades, showing spades and a minor. The next player jumped to four hearts, back t

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