han Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 [hv=d=s&v=n&s=sk9xxxxhxxdaxxcqx]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] You are ahead by 4 IMPs halfway through a 12-board team match. Would you open 2S? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbleighton Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 You betcha. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Good thing you put other in there... as 1♠ is at least a possibility for some of us. I would probably go with the field and open this 2♠ at the current conditions, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Good thing you put other in there... as 1♠ is at least a possibility for some of us. I would probably go with the field and open this 2♠ at the current conditions, however. Ben! Yes 25 Zar, but isn't it allowed to downgrade Qx and your long suit due to lack of texture? Also, 6-3-2-2 is one of the shapes slightly overvalued by Zar points, if I recall Tysen's numbers correctly. Arend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 pass Why bother with 6322 shape and an outside Ace unless you play Karen McCallum style weak 2 bids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted January 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 I thought it was close and passed. I was playing with Ben and I think I should have opened 2S, Ben would not play me for a better suit or shape. To answer the "why bother" question by Mike777, at the other table they did open 2S and the pressure was to much for our teammates: they sacrificed over 2S-4S and went for 1400 in 5HX (4S is against the odds but makes). Preempts often work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Opening 2♠ will probably protect the club queen. I have a lot in my hand for 2♠ but being NV and up by 4 I'm not really afraid of missing a game. So yes, I will open this 2♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 With my f2f partner this is a constructive opening with ♠ (1♥ opening), but with everybody else I'd consider this an easy 2♠ opening. 3♠ would be weaker and with a shortness <_< Tnx for the 'other'-option B) ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 I would never open 2 (or 1) spade with this but it is a style thing. It has it's moments. Advocates of wide ranging agressive preempts would cite this hand though. We actually got to 4S which is a terrible spot. Hannie stopped in 2. So one might argue that was a win for the pass. However... LHO bid 4N over my 4S bid with xx JTxxx KQJxx x white/white. This crazy bid was punished harshly. So it goes with the preempts, sometimes you are in a theoretically bad spot and then the opps save you. I think the worse the opposition the more likely something like this is to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tysen2k Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 I'm preempting with this one. Usually I prefer less defense, but passing just doesn't put enough pressure on the opps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Lots of defense here, but that's not necessarily bad for a preempt. After all, many points are won when opps overbid after a preempt, and this hand hints at that. I would bid 2♠, but I'd prefer the suit to be other than spades, because it's harder for opps to bid over spades than the rest. Wouldn't be surprised to go for a number by opening this one. The hints are all there: low ODR, broken suit, soft values... heck, the more I think of it, the more I convince myseld a 1♠ opener is the technically correct bid. Definitely would bid 1♠ in 3rd seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 I opened a hand very similar to this last Monday, and my partner went spare at me. I thought twice about it, but then decided the field would be doing the same thing, so I wasn't going to get a bad result by opening. I wouldn't open it 1♠ though, I prefer a better hand to open at the 1 level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotShot Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 2♠ of cause Good opps don't make "unforced errors", so i'll put some pressure on opps.Furthermore opps should learn that sometimes my weak 2's are solid :huh: , they'll be more carefull next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Important question: What did I discuss with partner about style? If nothing, then 2♠. Sorry but you need to drug me before I even considering 1♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blofeld Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 I opened a hand very similar to this last Monday, and my partner went spare at me. I thought twice about it, but then decided the field would be doing the same thing, so I wasn't going to get a bad result by opening. I don't think that that's a good argument for making the bid (possibly carries more weight at matchpoints, but who plays matchpoints?). That said, I'm favourable and in first seat. I don't much like it, but I'm going to bid. Edit: oh, none vulnerable. Will depend on what partner expects, then. Think I'll probably still bid most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker_gib Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Important question: What did I discuss with partner about style? If nothing, then 2♠. Sorry but you need to drug me before I even considering 1♠. I agree Alain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 No shape; No suit; No offense; No bid. Winston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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