Toradin Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 [hv=pc=n&s=sk72hkdakqt873cq5]133|100[/hv] Hi all, playing a fairly basic 2/1 system, what would you open with this hand and what would your subsequent bidding plan be? The scoring is in IMPs. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 1♦ planning to bid 3nt over 1♥ showing a gambling 3nt on steroids (solid suit with outside stuff) that would fit this hand reasonably well if only the K♥ was in a black suit. Over a 1♠ response something like a bizarre 3♣ bid, natural game force and hope I know what to do at my next turn. Over interference by them, ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmnka447 Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 You have too much to ever contemplate any preempt. If you preempt, partner will never be able to picture you hold all the values you hold. As a result, you're likely to miss quite makeable games or slams. For instance, holding ♠ Axx ♥ Axxx ♦ xx ♣ KJxx after a 3 ♦ preempt, partner would pass but the hand is laydown for 6 ♦. Partner can't even bid 3 NT because you will often open 3 ♦ with KQ10xxxx, KJ10xxxx, or possibly worse in ♦ -- there's no assurance ♦s will run. A strong 2 ♣ is out because you have too many losers -- you want to reserve that bid for hands where you are within a trick of game (i.e. 3 loser hands). 2 NT just plain misdescribes the hand -- both in point count and distribution. You have 17 HCP and a 5 loser hand. So you should open 1 ♦ with this hand. It's true that the ♥ K and ♣ Q probably aren't worth full value as a singleton and doubleton respectively. Even so, you should strongly bid this hand because it has so many playing tricks. After a 1 ♥ reply by partner, I also like a 3 NT rebid. Over any other response, I'd probably make a jump response of 3 ♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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