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First Seat, IMP's. Assume 2/1 and no special gadgets (Roman, Rosenkrantz, Multi) to show BIG 3-suiters.
What do you open? What is your planned rebid?
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1 Club or 2 Clubs? Afraid of being Passed Out?
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Posted 2012-December-10, 15:43
First Seat, IMP's. Assume 2/1 and no special gadgets (Roman, Rosenkrantz, Multi) to show BIG 3-suiters.
What do you open? What is your planned rebid?
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Posted 2012-December-10, 17:51
1C. Much easier to bid this 3 suiter after a 1 opening rather than after 2C.
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Posted 2012-December-10, 20:30
Is this the hand from the 'when is 2♣ opening useful?'?
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.
rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:
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Posted 2012-December-10, 23:05
If partner can't respond over our 1♣, then we likely don't have anything. We also have zero problems with rebidding out hand after 1♣.
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Posted 2012-December-11, 05:41
Hanoi5, on 2012-December-10, 20:30, said:
Is this the hand from the 'when is 2♣ opening useful?'?
That one was considerably stronger - AKQx/AKQx/-/KQJxx from memory.
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Posted 2012-December-11, 06:02
Zelandakh, on 2012-December-11, 05:41, said:
That one was considerably stronger - AKQx/AKQx/-/KQJxx from memory.
But that OP said he wasn't quite sure of the hand.
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.
rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:
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Posted 2012-December-19, 08:50
1c for sure. It's probably worth 2c but just barely, and the auction will go so much better after 1c.
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Posted 2012-December-19, 16:53
1♣ . sure this is 3-loser but if you have no fit and partner can't respond to 1♣ is more like a 6-loser hand, no intermediates your gonna lose all tricks but your A/K's.
If you play weak jump shifts, you can bid & make game after a 2♥/2♠ response
If you play weak jump shifts, you can bid & make game after a 2♥/2♠ response
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Posted 2013-January-04, 18:44
1♣
You could add some high cards (K of spades instead of the 2) and I'd still vote the same way. Way easier to start like that. To open 2♣ is to cater only to that goldilocks situation in which you can make game but partner can't bid over 1♣. With your actual hand, the chance of that is close to 0.
You could add some high cards (K of spades instead of the 2) and I'd still vote the same way. Way easier to start like that. To open 2♣ is to cater only to that goldilocks situation in which you can make game but partner can't bid over 1♣. With your actual hand, the chance of that is close to 0.
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Posted 2013-January-06, 14:15
RSClyde, on 2013-January-04, 18:44, said:
1♣
You could add some high cards (K of spades instead of the 2) and I'd still vote the same way. Way easier to start like that. To open 2♣ is to cater only to that goldilocks situation in which you can make game but partner can't bid over 1♣. With your actual hand, the chance of that is close to 0.
You could add some high cards (K of spades instead of the 2) and I'd still vote the same way. Way easier to start like that. To open 2♣ is to cater only to that goldilocks situation in which you can make game but partner can't bid over 1♣. With your actual hand, the chance of that is close to 0.
♠ x
♥ Jxxxx
♦ xxxx
♣ Qxx
=P
or ♠ Jxxx ♥ xx ♦ xx ♣ xxxxx (maybe weak 3c over 1♣)
heck, even ♠ Txx ♥ Qxx ♦ Kxx ♣ xxxx
or ♠J10xx ♥xx ♦xxxxxx ♣x
or ♠xx ♥Qxxx ♦Qxxxx ♣xx
or ♠Jxx ♥x ♦QJ10xxx ♣xxx (3NT!
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