dickiegera Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 [hv=pc=n&n=skq64haj876dk5ca7]133|100|Open 1NT or 1 Heart playing 15-17 NT?[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 1H for sure. You have a prime 17 with a 5 card suit, so your hand is definitely at least close to being too good to open 1N. On top of that, if you have a major suit fit, especially a 4-4 spade fit, your hand is WAYYY too good to open 1N. If you open 1H, what will happen? If your partner has 4 spades, he will bid 1S, and the fit will be found. If he has 3+ hearts, he will raise hearts, and the fit will be found (and playing hearts will likely be best, becuase you aren't balanced, you are 5422 and could probably use a spade ruff). If partner has neither, he will bid 1N, and you will bid 2N describing your hand as 18-19 balanced, not missing a major suit fit...this is probably not even an overbid with a nice 17. On the other hand, if you open 1N, plenty of bad things could happen. Your partner will not investigate a major suit fit without inv+ values, imagine him with Axxx x Qxxxx xxx, he will pass and you will play a silly contract rather than an easy 4S. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 One of the most frequently stated reasons to open 1N instead of one of a major is to avoid awkward rebids. This hand doesn't have that problem; in fact, you have two palatable rebids in a spade reverse or a natural 2N. Opening 1N is clearly inferior in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 One of the most frequently stated reasons to open 1N instead of one of a major is to avoid awkward rebids. This hand doesn't have that problem; in fact, you have two palatable rebids in a spade reverse or a natural 2N. Opening 1N is clearly inferior in my opinion.Agree, the goal of bidding is to describe one's hand accurately, and there is no rule that says we can only use one bid. Why choose 1NT when more accurate sequences are available? In particular the spade reverse is much more descriptive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 The hand as presented is an obvious 1H. It would be more interesting if the SQ was changed the S10 - now I suspect there would be some differences of opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricK Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 The hand is too strong for a 15-17 1NT. Apart from that, there is a very good chance that you will be able to describe your hand accurately if you open 1♥. I expect this poll to be near unanimous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 no 1NT on 54 majors for me thankyouverymuch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Almost 12 hours since this hand was posted and the vote is 20-0. So, while someone may come along and mess up the unanimous vote, I think this one qualifies as one of the very few (only?) unanimous votes in the history of the Fora. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 There have been other unanimous topics but I won't post the links to them here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Don't worry, there will be a 'misclick' sooner or later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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