To dbl 1NT or not to dbl

[Porreankel]

Hmmmm.

 

In my honest oppinion the most important thing about your defence on 1NT - is that you have one.

Im pretty sure all conventions have their benefits and visa versa.

 

So which one to choose ?

 

I think you have to decide if you want to play it "safe" like multi or others - where you have no doubt of length etc.

Or you can actually use a convention like DONT - which is little more uncertain, but it lets you bid it more often (making your opp's frustrated more often)

 

I do not have the golden truth here - but I can tell you that I have played both capp, Landy, Multi, DONT during the years - and since I like being agressive I still like DONT :-)

 

 

 

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[mgoetze]

In my honest oppinion the most important thing about your defence on 1NT - is that you have one.

 

I agree.

 

Im pretty sure all conventions have their benefits and visa versa.

 

Some just have very few benefits and a lot of drawbacks.

 

Or you can actually use a convention like DONT - which is little more uncertain, but it lets you bid it more often (making your opp's frustrated more often)

 

Please tell me just one hand which you can bid with DONT but not with Woolsey. Unless, of course, you regularly bid DONT on 4-4 shapes, which is fine if it works for you but I'm not interested in sticking my neck out quite that much.

[wyman]

Please tell me just one hand which you can bid with DONT but not with Woolsey.

all of them, I believe, in acbl-land

[mgoetze]

all of them, I believe, in acbl-land

 

(a) Not all of ACBL-Land;

(b) I couldn't care less.

[wyman]

(a) Not all of ACBL-Land;

(b) I couldn't care less.

 

My point was just that Woolsey is mid-chart iirc, so B/I's in acbl-land looking to adopt a defense might wish to consider an alternate one.

 

Sorry for the diversion. Carry on.

[gwnn]

If you like DONT, you should play Brozel instead:

 

x=one suited

2c=c+h

2d=d+h

2h=h+s

2s=s+m

 

or Lionel

x=spades+another

2c=c+h

2d=d+h

2h/s=natural

 

Both of these are obviously better than DONT and they are legal anywhere dont would be I think.