lenze Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 From a local club game: NorthS-K54H-J8652D-7C-KT84 SouthS-VoidH-KD-AKQ984C-AQJ953 South West North East1D Pass 1H 1S3C Pass 3NT Pass4C Pass 5C Pass6C All Pass Spade led, making 7. Diamonds were 3-3 Enough said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 I would've opened 1C, because 1D followed by 3C isn't absolute forcing, but a reverse is... And yes, it's a cute hand ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenze Posted September 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 I would've opened 1C, because 1D followed by 3C isn't absolute forcing, but a reverse is... And yes, it's a cute hand ;) Thanks for the reply I don't know where you are from, but where I learned to play, 1D followed by 3C is a Game force. Plus, we NEVER reverse with equal length. A reverse ALWAYS shows mores cards in the first suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 "I don't know where you are from, but where I learned to play, 1D followed by 3C is a Game force. Plus, we NEVER reverse with equal length. A reverse ALWAYS shows mores cards in the first suit. " We don't play it as a GF, but we DO play it as 100% forcing, and "yes", a reverse ALWAYS shows that the first bid suit is longer and this is standard in ANY system unless you play some sort of canape. Reminds me of a hand from MondayQxvoidAQJ9xxAKJxx oppositeJxxxxxxxKTxxx 1D (X) P (4H)5C (P) 5D All passMaking 5 on the nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypocrites Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Nice hand, just one question. Isn't this hand too strong to open 1D? Looking at the hand in general I can see two losers. I would have opted for a 2C opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Nice hand, just one question. Isn't this hand too strong to open 1D? Looking at the hand in general I can see two losers. I would have opted for a 2C opening. There is a school of thought that asserts that 2-suited hands should not be opened 2C.The opening steals too much space and you never have enough room to describe your shape. Personally, I agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypocrites Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Makes sense, thank you B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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