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My partnership is quite happy to open 1NT with all hands which lies in the range 15-17(may even be a great 14 sometimes with lots of tenaces) which will have predictable rebid problems.......4333,4432 is obvious......can easily be 5422 even with 2 small doubletons unless it is 5-4 in the majors...5431 with a small singleton only without 4 card spade( a genuine rebid problem then,what's ur rebid after p responded 1 hearts to ur 1 minor opening if u have 1=3=4=5,1=3=5=4,3=1=4=5,1=3=5=4,well one exception is there......we play 3 card raise to 1 major respone to one minor only in case of a 12-15 hcp unbalanced hand,we have methods so that partner can enquire about the degree of support before proceeding.....so some 5431 with 15 hcp,we wont open 1NT,but with 16/17 hcp,we must)...& finally 6332..without a 6 card suit which is too weak to attract me(or my p) to rebid that suit...with 6 spades,however weak it might be,we generally tend to rebid 2 spade,but we are allowed to use our judgement based on the nature of scattering of values....but not with any other weak 6 card suit..so our 1NT opening can contain even a 6 card Major(we can show a 5 or 6 card major in response to our "staymannish" 2 Club enquiry only if we're in the higher zone(17 or good 16,but with 15 hcp,& a weak suit we may respond to "stayman" treating it as 4 card,although partner will know it can be 5 or rarely,but can even be a 6 card major suit with 15 hcp).Actually we like the very narrow range of 1NT opening very much......only this opening bid limits our hand within a quite narrow range & describes the balanced,semi-balanced or quasi-balanced nature of our hand straight away...... We know this is Alertable & we DO alert our 1NT opening......but does this rule says it is illegel????can anyone explain?

An interesting question comes to my mind.....i polled for a 4♥ opening....what if RHO comes with 4♠???what's ur bid with this is a real question? ....... what a pass would imply & what should a Double imply?? You hold Dealer: East Vul: E/W Scoring: IMP ♠ Q5 ♥ K72 ♦ KJ1072 ♣ Q98

Assuming the auction p-p-p-2♥-3♠-?.........i think 4♦ is Absolutely correct....by a passed hand...this bid can not be anything other than Fit-showing,4♥ is less descriptive,4♦ can help p a lot on a 5 level decision........pass & 4♥,both are bad choices.....but however,may be quite common choice....

Hi All...... Since opps are silent,i can expect 7-8 ordinary points from my p....i want them in the red suits....but i think trying to find how the hand fits is risky.......opposite a passed p,missing slam is unlikely,but not at all impossible.....(opposite ♦A & K,♣ A....slam is playable;opposite ♦AJT & ♣A...slam is on any one of the finesse winning;♥K,♦KJT ♣A....again playable; 2♥ is an underbid because it does not convey the message of slam interest immediately which i think is the only real reason for thinking about opening 1 level on this hand on 4th seat....2♥ does promise opening value on 4th seat....but this hand is far bigger than an opening hand.... But looking for a (hard to bid,unlikely)slam is not enough reason to risk missing out many a making game....I am a strong believer of "Rule of 15" on 4th seat...since i have a ♠void....i need 15 hcp to open 1 level.... I wont mind going -2 or +2 on this hand on a 4♥contract....but can not tolerate opponents playing & making(very likely as i have very few quick tricks & almost no useful defensive value)some number of ♠s...........i'd open 4♥.......if my p complains about the bid after the game,then next time i'd pass on this hand....still if she complains.....i'll find a new p then.... :) .......