A black weak NT hand

[junyi_zhu]

I should mention, and this is just another random guess by me, that most people who bid 1NT are from places where people just don't raise on three card support, and thus they probably lack experience in that area. America I know, and I bet many other places, have historically had many people who play both styles. I have years of experience rebidding 1NT on these hands and years more rebidding 2♠. I am confident in saying a style that rebids 2♠ simply works better.

2S improves your prospect of finding 2S as a partial. For game and slam bidding, 1NT is better, cause the 1NT rebid keeps the bidding very low and you have more space to describe your hand if you play two way checkbacks. If you bid 2S, you still may have some problems in the future. Suppose you play 2NT over 2S as an inquiry, it is still not easy to design the relay steps to distinguish the hand with 3 card support, a singleton or with a weak doubleton somewhere, maximum or minimum. So generally, if you play a team game with a partner who plays two way checkbacks, 1NT is slightly better. If you play MP with a partner who doesn't play many conventions, 2S is slightly better.

[barryallen]

Out of interest, given the original hand of

 

[hv=d=s&v=n&s=skxxhxxdj10xcakjxx]133|100|[/hv]

 

with minor point / shape changes to the non spade suits, would any change their position regarding a 1NT or 2♠ response?

[NickRW]

Out of interest, given the original hand of

 

[hv=d=s&v=n&s=skxxhxxdj10xcakjxx]133|100|[/hv]

 

with minor point / shape changes to the non spade suits, would any change their position regarding a 1NT or 2♠ response?

For me yes. Change the hand to something like:

 

xxx

Kx

QTx

AKxxx

 

Then I think maybe I like 1NT

 

Nick

[helene_t]

I don't think 1NT (played by me) is likely to be a better contract than 2♠. If p has only four spades, opps have 8+ hearts between them and are likely to lead them against notrump.

 

One problem I have with 2♠ is that the bid gets quite a range if it includes 12 points balanced with 3-card support.

[fromageGB]

I don't like 1NT by me if we are playing natural responses.

 

In our methods I bid 1NT here simply because that's what my partner's bid asks me to do, and he will have various reasons/rebids.

 

If partner had spades he would bid 1♥ and then I would be delighted to bid 1♠ showing 3. If he wanted to take it out to NT it would then be the right way round on this hand.