[hrothgar]

fourdad, on 2016-February-27, 07:47, said:

never say never!

Show me the hand

[Phil]

hrothgar, on 2016-February-26, 16:10, said:

Please tell me that you aren't suggesting reversing into 2♦ with 4-4 hands in the minors...

FYP

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[mikestar13]

My own preference is in a vanilla 5 card major system is based on what our partnership would open with 4-4 majors and a doubleton club:

1) If we would open 1♦ ("Convenient Minor"), I will prefer 1♣ with 4-4 minors.
2) if we would open 1♣ ("Short Club"), I will prefer 1♦.

I capitalize the terms in parentheses purposefully, as these are religious doctrines among LOLs/LOMs.

[wank]

double post

[wank]

Yes you sometimes have to reverse on 4441.

A hand too strong to rebid 2nt but not strong enough to open 2c with a small singleton.

Or 18-19 4441 if you're playing some kind of mexican 2c or 2d and you're not playing reverse flannery (so 1d-1s-2c risks playing a 4-3 club fit instead of a 44 heart fit with 28 high).

[msjennifer]

When playing with a new player and agreeing to play a standard natural system which is always an approach oriented system with the theory of convenient rebid I shall always open with 1Diamond.I can not be held stupid by any such partner since a convenient rebid of 2 clubs or 1Nt is available depending upon the honor holdings in the majors.It allows a simple raise of partners major suit bid with three cards including two honors if the minor suits are ragged .

[Manastorm]

I decide based on the suit quality: I want suit to be led or I cant tolerate lead from Hxx. If all things about equal, I open 1♣. I dont reverse or do its conjugate, I dont see the upsides. People seem to be learning, it took quite a long time before reverse and its conjugate were mentioned.

[manudude03]

I prefer to open 1D. First of all, it allows a 2C rebid if you don't like rebidding 1NT with 4441 hands or a stop in the enemy suit. The other reason is somewhat subtle. If you play 2-way checkback, then take the auction 1D-1S-1NT-2D. You can play that 2NT shows 2344 and 3C shows 2353 allowing easier suit agreement in the minors (being able to agree an unbid 3 card minor is less important than being able to agree a shown 5 card minor). Meanwhile if you opened 1C and had the auction 1C-1S-1NT-2D, you won't be able to show both 2344 and 2335 while allowing responder to be able to bid 3C to agree clubs in both cases, so I would play that 2NT is 2335.