Your plan playing Standard?

[mycroft]

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This one hit me yesterday and I seemed stuck. 2NT seems wrong, bidding a suit shows 5, game is going to be passed...So what's the plan? Okay, so 2NT may not be wrong. It seemed wrong at the time.

 

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[hv=pc=n&s=sthkjt6dkj74ckt63&n=sakqj7ha985daq3c7]133|200[/hv]You end up in 6NT played from your side. You get a diamond lead. Your plan?

 

 

The layout is friendly; the club A is onside, the three hearts to the queen are in the hand without the club A, and if you happen to play in hearts, the diamonds split. So the only losing line is to misfinesse the Q. But that's not important right now.

 

 

[aguahombre]

Barry Crane's system notes: Queen is under the Jack in a Major :rolleyes:

 

Rodwell: Cross to the spade ten and immediately lead the heart Jack :angry:

[kenrexford]

My idea is to play the two top hearts. If the Queen does not drop, play for the club Ace to be onside and not with the Queen of hearts.

[Cyberyeti]

Does the world really open that 2♣ ?

[Endymion77]

Does the world really open that 2♣ ?

 

It's a clear 1♠ opening to me, but I would wish I was playing Precision when I get that hand.

[wank]

i would bid 2nt over 2s and consider it quite obvious and plan to power to slam later.

 

as for opening 2c, i'm very conservative with 2c openers. i like to have play for game opposite a balanced yarborough with no particular fit. this is very close to that level required even for me, but falls just short. i have no problem with anyone who does open 2c.

[gnasher]

2NT looks obvious.

 

I'd win the diamond in hand, cash ♠10, cash two more diamonds and three more spades, and then decide what to do. I could use the spade and diamond breaks to tell me which way to finesse in hearts, or I could try Ken's twofer, or I might get something useful from their discards.

[CSGibson]

2N seems perfect. If partner raises to 3N, I'll bid 6. If partner bids 3 of anything else, I'll force to slam in that suit.

[P_Marlowe]

2NT.

 

With kind regards

Marlowe

[rhm]

Does the world really open that 2♣ ?

It is a 4 loser hand. 2♣ has no rebid problems. This can not be said if the bidding starts 1♠ and you are lucky enough to receive a 1NT response.

 

I have no qualms opening with 2♣ if

 

1) you have the majors

2) you are unbalanced

3) HCP strength is within a 2NT opening.

 

Such hands make game most of the time where partner will pass a one level opening.

 

Look at the actual hands.

Responder will immediately visualize slam after 2♣ and can find out even after the heart fit comes to light that 6NT must be superior to 6♥.

I do not see such a clear route to slam after opening 1♠. (The best slam is probably 6♦, but hard to reach)

 

I never understood the modern trends to light openings and at the same time the trend to extremely conservative 2♣ opening requirements.

People claiming they can handle this wide range effectively are kidding themselves.

Sure the cost with this strange philosophie is not when you open 2♣, but when you decide against.

Why do people shrug their shoulder after going down in game when they opened 1♠, but consider it a mortal sin if this happens after a 2♣ opening?

 

I do not get it.

 

Rainer Herrmann