Antrax Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 [hv=pc=n&s=saq984hkjdat9ckt3]133|100[/hv]Playing 5-card majors and 15-17 NT, do you open this hand 1NT or 1♠ (planning to rebid 2NT)?Does it matter if responder can find out whether you hold a five-card major after opening 1NT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relknes Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 1♠ for me, planning to treat it as 18 HCP on account of the 5 card suit. I would prefer to have more concentrated values for this (or at least not KJ tight), but still, that's my call.And no, it wouldn't matter if I had a way to find out about a 5 card major after 1N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 IMO, this is and I/A judgement thread. The KNR evaluates it to about 18, and so do I. 1S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 1S. A 5 card suit and 2x10s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 It does matter, that you have or have not the chance to find out, that you have a 5 card major in your NT opening. If I dont, this is a 1S opening bid. It matters also, how heavily you upgrade into a NT opening bid, if you regular upgrade 14 counts, than the hand may be far to good. In the end, if I had agreed to open all bal. hand with 1NT, I would go with this,selling the hand as 15-17, but the plusses for upgrading are there, lots of controls, a strong 5 card suit, the only minus being KJ in hearts. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 I like frequent upgrades and think this is worth it despite the ♥KJ. It is close though and if playing a style with fewer upgrades then 1NT is ok too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricK Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Although this hand is clearly very strong for 1NT, the trouble with opening 1♠ is that it wrong sides NT after the (almost) inevitable 1NT response. partner might be put to a difficult guess at trick one with the fate of the contract depending on his choice (of course he might not!). I'm not sure if the chances of this happening are more or less than the chances of our missing a good game or slam because we underbid our hand by 3/4 of a point or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMoe Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 I'd open the posted hand 1NT given the ♥KJ. Rearrange it a bit to ♠AQ984 ♥93 ♦AK10 ♣KJ10 and it's a clear 1♠ opening bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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