Hanoi5 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 White vs Red, RHO passed, you hold: ♠Kxxx♥KQxxx♦Qx♣Jx Your call? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I would, but partners expect this garbage. I plan on passing 1NT, by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 1♥ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 If Flannery allowed a hand this weak I would, otherwise no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I'd open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_h Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 w/r with both majors, sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dboxley Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 White vs Red, RHO passed, you hold: ♠Kxxx♥KQxxx♦Qx♣Jx Your call? I don't open 8 point hands (so far). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I don't open 8 point hands (so far).LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Sorry this is a bit too much for me. No shortness, no aces, only 11, Qx, Jx, brrrr. I might just open 1♠ with the majors reversed though. I don't understand the poll question. Which conditions may I change? I would definitely open this hand in third seat. But perhaps you're only asking about other vulnerabilities or forms of scoring? Or just state of the match and my personal disposition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I don't open 8 point hands (so far). I'm trying not to open 8 counts and this doesn't count as one , 1♥ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 There is no hurry with both majors unless it goes all pass. If that's teh case I will live with it. I pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Automatic 1♥. Make the minors Qxx, x and I'd open that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I don't feel strongly about this hand. It's a piece of crap, but we are not vulnerable, hearts is our best suit, we have an easy rebid after anything partner bids, and 1H preempts the minors. I would open it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhm Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I feel strongly about this hand. It's a piece of crap, no matter that we are not vulnerable, hearts is our best suit and we have an easy rebid after anything partner bids. Partner will drag us to the stratosphere. Rainer Herrmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Will he? Sometimes partner will bid 1NT, sometimes partner will bid 2H. Those should be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhm Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Will he? Sometimes partner will bid 1NT, sometimes partner will bid 2H. Those should be good. Of course can happen, and vulnerable opponents will get so frightened by these actions that they let you play, make a couple of mistakes in the defense and you will get a top. I know aggression pays Rainer Herrmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveharty Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 White vs Red, RHO passed, you hold: ♠Kxxx♥KQxxx♦Qx♣Jx Your call? Playing strong club, yes. Playing standard or 2/1, no but very close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I would much rather open a hand like Axxx Axxxx xx xx than the load presentedhere HOWEVER even I admit that it can work favorably and while I would normally never open the dreck shown here ------If behind at imps (probably due to opening hands like this) or needing a top at MP (probably due to opening hands like this)this hand has enough merit to at least consider it as an option. I hope to see SOTM (state of the match) as an option in these surveys so I dont have to keep qualifying like this. Opening hands like this on a regular basis will wreck any chances your partnership has of competing effectively and you will give the opps a license to steal because your p will never have a clue when to x. Have your SORRY PARD unhappy face ready if you decided to open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I would much rather open a hand like Axxx Axxxx xx xx than the load presentedhere HOWEVER even I admit that it can work favorably and while I would normally never open the dreck shown here ------If behind at imps (probably due to opening hands like this) or needing a top at MP (probably due to opening hands like this)this hand has enough merit to at least consider it as an option. I hope to see SOTM (state of the match) as an option in these surveys so I dont have to keep qualifying like this. Opening hands like this on a regular basis will wreck any chances your partnership has of competing effectively and you will give the opps a license to steal because your p will never have a clue when to x. Have your SORRY PARD unhappy face ready if you decided to open.I have my "Sorry partner, I was just bidding my hand" card ready. Not opening this seems absurd to me, but perhaps I'm slightly influenced by playing a lot of strong club systems. Regardless, getting in there immediately is almost always better, and this hand won't get any easier to bid later in the auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 7-loser hand. The minor suit quacks are a bonus. What's the problem? :rolleyes: Mounteen has accurately pointed out that, even in a 2/1 or Standard thread, the choices of many players are influenced by the system they most commonly use. Here we are not told what we are playing, but a Strong Club or LTC style makes this hand more attractive/less dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Like almost every single other thread posted about whether or not a hand should be opened at the 1 level, my guess is it doesn't matter that much either way in the long run. I would pass though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 An obvious 1♥ opening IMO. Just winning bridge tactics in my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dake50 Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Why am I deviating (sub-minimum) when I have both majors?How will any reopening double much less than this hand ever make sense?How much IS left to reopening? Never a Majors hand? Is that alertable - a partnership agreement to open functioning 8's? But not alerted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I also don't understand the poll question. I'd open this hand if I were playing a style in which partner expects me to open this hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Why are we all making autopsy on a bid where it clearly is a matter of style to open or not ? If pd knows thats a possible hand we open then we do, if not then we don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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