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I play dbl= 6crd minor or both majors 11-16 or 17 + 2m= 4+ crd + another 11-16 if 5m-4M upper range 2M= natural 5+crd 11-16 resp to dbl: 2C= nf relay 2D= no pref for M, no fit correct with C 2M= pref no fit correct with minor

An another reason for opening 1D, is that the opp can't bid it any more, and it's not so bad if they bid 2kl over 1D. when you're 33 it's reversed 1D form opp over 1C doesn't hurt, but 2C over 1D is not so nice

I'd bid 1h, 1h shouldn't promise a 5 card suit here and I have a good hand for a 1nt or 2c rebid by pd. I want to let him know that I have some values so we can fight a partscore. They will be in 2 spades soon and I want to know if we can compete to 3c or 3h inmediately. I wouldn't like thinking about bidding this hand later if I can bid 1h now. I couldn't agree more, but the same holds true over an opening of 1M, if partner openend 1Sp I wanna bid 1NT over opp t/o dbl, for exactly the same reasons, so that transfer idea doesn't appeal to me

Tony Sowter suggested to only play weak NT in 1st & 2nd position only, I play this for 5 years now and it works very nice. the reasoning is that after a 1nt opening bidding is relatively easy and after a 3rd/4th hand weak notrump you lose a lot of the system(ie GF hands are non-existent). In pairs I find that you may almost never play 1NT after opening in 3 or 4, specially if opp are nv The reason weak nt isn't played more often(and this holds true for the highest levels too) is a matter of upbringing. Most people learn to play with a strong NT, switching is not easy, you have to accept a string of bad results before you're completely familiar