Find your way after support double

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scarletv says"partners support double shows 3 spades without promising extras. With a very weak opening p might have passed."

 

I rank ...

1. 3♣ = NAT.

2. 3♦ = NAT.

3. 4♣ = NAT

4. 3♥ = CUE.

5. 5♣ = NAT

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Wish it were possible to bid 3♣ and announce that it shows an opening hand.

[scarletv]

Thanks all for voting and giving your thoughts.

About 2/3 voted for 3♥.

4♣ and 3♦ got at least 6 votes each.

 

I have to add that it was a BBO tourney (IMP)

 

What happened at the table? West was thinking for a long time before he came with his bid.

Lead was ♦A ...

 

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[phil_20686]

lol, unless you mean anything but.

 

A lot of people play the 1♣ opener as 2+ and anybody that I know of that plays inverted minors plays that it denies a 4-card major. And 1♦ sucks and blows at the same time.

 

Its a common treatment, its just a bad treatment IMO, at least without further sophisticated treatments. A lot of the problems are alleviated by transfers. I would get to bid 1N transfer to clubs and partner can complete with any wk NT without 4 clubs. That gives you a bid more space.

 

I have played lots of variations of inverted minors where you would have started with 2C on this hand. I have also played that 1c p 2M was a splinter promising 5c and 4 of the other major. Wasnt a huge fan of that as I like WJS, but it did have some successes. I play 5551 openenings now, and about 20% of my constructive system notes are to do with auctions that start 1c p 1N transfer to clubs, so its not a trivial problem. :)