minor twosuiter preempt

[Cascade]

I don't think that wasting the 2N opening on the least useful two-suited preempt makes much sense.

I have played 2NT for both majors for a while now with three different partners. IMO this is a big improvement on both minors. Among the advantages are:

 

We are more likely to have a game at 4-Major;

 

This is slightly more pre-emptive 2NT (Pass) 3♠ is tougher than 2NT (pass) 3♦;

 

You can invite game at the three-level - 2NT 3♣/♦ = invitational with hearts/spades.

 

The most fun that I had with this bid was when I picked up 1174 and partner opened 2NT.

 

At that time we were playing Symmetric Relays (up one step normally 2♠ shows a 5/5 hand in Relay) over 2NT. I was tempted to relay with 3♣ as the first step 3♦ would be show high shortage and I would pass. With 74 in the minors I thought the odds favoured partner being short in diamonds. But I decided that it would be too disasterous if partner had diamond length - far from impossible. So I passed 2NT. This was the correct decision for two reasons - 1. Partner did in fact have diamond length and 2. The opponent led a diamond!!!!

 

Partner quickly racked up seven diamond tricks and then failed to take another trick for 2NT -1.

[kgr]

Free,

 

We wanted to play 2NT as weak 5/5 in minors or in majors.

But this was not allowed on the low level I play in Belgium.

...to brown :(

 

Now we play 2NT as a strong hand, but maybe we should go back to weak 5/5 in minors (or weak 5/5 in majors). Our current 2NT range is 24-25...does not come up a lot :)

 

Koen

[Free]

It would be to fit in a strong ♣ system, so no need for strong openers this high :D

 

I also play in Belgium, brown sticker is rarely allowed, rule of 18 most of the time active (sometimes not in 3rd&4th hand), but for the rest we can be quite happy for what is allowed! If you compare us with ACBL land, we can do whatever we want ;)