TWO4BRIDGE Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Both Vul 1) Would you Open: 1D or 1C ?? Q xvoidJ 10 x x x xA K Q J 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2) Let's say it goes:1D - ( 1H ) - p - ( 4H ) ??Would you now bid 5C ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Yes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikestar13 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 1) 1♦ 2) yes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggerclub Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Does not seem close here. Open 1♦. Rebid 5♣. Clearly you see all the problems that arise if you start 1♣, don't you? Of course you will hate it if you end up defending (doubled no doubt) and partner's 4th best♦ is swallowed up by dummy's single Q while a small♣ goes away on declarer's A. C'est la vie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 opening 1♣ would indicate that I miss-sorted my hand. This is in the wrong forum, at least on that question. It belongs in the novice section. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWO4BRIDGE Posted July 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 opening 1♣ would indicate that I miss-sorted my hand. This is in the wrong forum, at least on that question. It belongs in the novice section.Well, this hand was played in a BBO tourney by a friend of mine.His partner, a " BBO expert " , chided him for opening 1D . They received a bad board because of the induced ♦ lead by partner ( opps made 12 tricks in a ♥ contract rather than the cold 11 tricks on a ♣ lead ) .Easy to see post mortem .... duh . I too, would have opened 1D . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmnka447 Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I'm opening 1 ♦ and rebidding 5 ♣. The 5 ♣ bid shows a very distributional 2 suiter, so a ♦ lead isn't necessarily automatic if opener makes that bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Well, this hand was played in a BBO tourney by a friend of mine.His partner, a " BBO expert " , chided him for opening 1D . They received a bad board because of the induced ♦ lead by partner ( opps made 12 tricks in a ♥ contract rather than the cold 11 tricks on a ♣ lead ) .Easy to see post mortem .... duh . I too, would have opened 1D .Lol obvious resulting. 1♦ is clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 This isn't really a problem. Try instead Qx--AKQJTJTxxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerardo Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 This isn't really a problem. Try instead Qx--AKQJTJTxxxx 1♣ then 4NT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartonfinc Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Well I agree with everyone that 1D is clear, But I'm not so sure 5c is. 5 minor could easily be -2 and 4 major have no play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Well I agree with everyone that 1D is clear, But I'm not so sure 5c is. 5 minor could easily be -2 and 4 major have no play. There's an element of guess, of course. But usually it pays to be bold in this situation, as it's possible opps have a double fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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