mgoetze Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 1♦-1NT-2NT How many points does opener have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 1♦-1NT-2NT How many points does opener have?18-19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 And why am I not bidding 3NT to play with 18-19? I would expect opener to have an invitational hand (16-17) semibalanced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 And why am I not bidding 3NT to play with 18-19? I would expect opener to have an invitational hand (16-17) semibalanced. Because you don't like to hang partner when you are playing a strong No Trump Not everybody plays a weak NT where you look pretty forced to bid 2NT with 15-17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Sounds reasonable. Shows how long I haven't played 15-17... The strongest I've played in a serious partnership for the last almost 10 years is 14-16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Been discussed. 2N is 18-19. 3N is the 'source of tricks' hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Sounds reasonable. Shows how long I haven't played 15-17... The strongest I've played in a serious partnership for the last almost 10 years is 14-16.That must be all of your bridge playing life Gerben. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegmund Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 In SA I would assume 2NT = 16+ to 18-, jump to 3NT with the best 18s and almost all the 19s, along with a few weaker hands with running diamond suits (i.e., "to play.") I can imagine that some people always rebid 2M with their 4252 17-counts, but not my style of SA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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