Five-Six in Third seat

[hanp]

KQ10xx

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KQxxxx

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All vulnerable, it goes pass pass to you.

[Jlall]

1D

[helene_t]

If we play Drury, it feels quite safe to open 1♠.

 

If we don't play Drury I think I will do it as well and will bid 2♦ over 2♣ from p, obviously this could take us too high if it's a misfit.

 

Anyway, someone is probably going to bid hearts, so the main danger may be that p doubles 2♥ from LHO. I will pass any heart bid from p.

[shyams]

1♦ is my choice

[jjbrr]

1♦ and rebid ♠ as soon as i get the chance.

[pooltuna]

1D

- (p) 2♣ :P

[OleBerg]

Whatever number of diamonds I feel comfortable with. (And no, I don't feel comfortable with 5+).

[OleBerg]

1D

- (p) 2♣ :)

- (p) - 2♠ wtp?

[Phil]

You'll have to tell me why you think there's something wrong with 1♦, or at least why another call is on the radar screen.

 

Even if the opponents bid a lot of hearts, I'm bidding the = # of spades.

[j0i]

I'm opening with 1♠ and rebidding ♦ twice (hopefully) I don't feel strong enough to open 1♦ and rebidding spade twice.

[whereagles]

hmmm... I'm a "always open the 5-card major" freak, but this seems to be one of those rare occasions where I'll open 1♦ :)

 

The reason is there's a high likelyhood of it coming back to me in 4♥, over which I have a really easy 4♠.

[helene_t]

hmmm... I'm a "always open the 5-card major" freak, but this seems to be one of those rare occasions where I'll open 1♦ :)

 

The reason is there's a high likelyhood of it coming back to me in 4♥, over which I have a really easy 4♠.

I don't understand.

 

If you generally open 1M with the 5M-6m hands, you should (by the argument you give) be even more inclined to do so when you have two cards in the other major. They are less likely to bid 4♥ when you have two of them yourself, and it is less obvious that 4♠ is right if they do bid 4♥.

 

With spades of course we can still bid spades over 4♥. Then again, 1♠ makes it more difficult for them to find their hearts fit.

[whereagles]

It's simple: do you prefer to be in this situation

 

pass pass 1♠ 1♥

pass 4♥ ??

 

or this one instead?

 

pass pass 1♦ 1♥

pass 4♥ ??

 

(Of course, this is only one of the things that can happen.)

[helene_t]

Yeah ok. So what you are saying is that with spades you open the minor and with hearts you open 1♥? That makes sense.

 

My point is just that if you often open 1♠ with 5♠6m, then this particular hand, with a doubleton hearts, is not a hand for opening 1m.

[hanp]

I thought there was some merit opening 1S in third seat with so little defense. Thanks for the feedback.

 

I think that vulnerable with a passed hand partner I'd pass after wereagles's

 

pass pass 1♦ 1♥

pass 4♥ ??

[Jlall]

I thought there was some merit opening 1S in third seat with so little defense. Thanks for the feedback.

 

I think that vulnerable with a passed hand partner I'd pass after wereagles's

 

pass pass 1♦ 1♥

pass 4♥ ??

I think 1S has merit fwiw.

 

Hanp, I work on the assumption that most people who just jump to 4H at some point have 10 trumps. Especially with RHO being a passed hand. So I think we are safe bidding 4S in that auction, which in turn makes opening 1D safe.