Meckwell over nt

[sceptic]

Hi can someone point me in the right direction for this convention

 

i.e. suit qualities, hcp, responses etc etc even links or if it is in a book, which book please

 

also I would like your thoughts on it

 

 

1NT X = minor one suiter or both majors

 

1NT 2C = Clubs and higher

 

1NT 2D = Diamonds and higher

 

2H/S natural

 

also does it work over 2NT and 3NT

[sceptic]

also 2NT could be any 6/% + two suiter

[pbleighton]

No book I know of.

 

1NT-2NT is the minors, the way I play it.

 

Hand strength is up to the partnership.

 

I play very aggressive not vulnerable (2 suiters 4-4, 1 suiter 5+, 6+hcp), and normal vulnerable (2 suiters 5-5, 1 suiter 6+, 11+hcp).

 

Responses more or less the same as DONT: 2C after dbl, 2H after 2m if you want pd to pick a major.

 

I like 2M as natural, and you still get the 2 suiters.

 

Peter

[han]

I remember a collumn in the ACBL bulletin a couple of years ago where Mel Colchamiro discussed "Mel's rule of 8": To determine whether you should use a 2-suited overcall, substract your losers from the combined number of cards in your two longest suits. If this is 2 or more AND you have at least 6 HCP's then you can overcall. (the "8" is for 2+6 = 8)

 

I remember this rule because I thought about it for a bit at the time. The specific numbers seem a bit arbitrary, and the rule doesn't take vulnerability into account. The 6-HCP part can also be discarded imo, so that would leave you with Mel's rule of 2. Perhaps Mel's rule of 1-2-3 would be better: 1 at favorable, 2 at equal, 3 at unfavorable.

 

But who is going to calculate such things at the table? Not me. Better to remember the general ideas: shape and losers are more important than HCP's when overcalling a strong notrump. (it's a bit different over a weak notrump, where you may very well have a game yourself)