elwood913 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 We lose a little here, because our 1♦has to include all unbalanced hands with ♦'s, hence we play it 11+, typically 5+♦ and an unbalanced hand. Balanced hands with ♦'s open weak NT or 1♣. So we have to choose at first bid how we want to describe the hand and will often lose the diamonds if we go the balanced route. Opener's rebid is a little trickier due to the wider range, since p is still forced to bid, but in most cases we can describe our range either 11-14, 15-17, or 18+ and get out our level of support for p or our second suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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