[fred]

PhantomSac, on Feb 28 2010, 11:27 PM, said:

I hate a style where this is a 2S bid. I would pass or open 1S depending on partnership style for opening bids (greatly prefer a style where I can open 1S). That being said, many successful players play a style where this is a 2S bid, most notably fred and brad are known for opening weak 2s on some strange (to most) hands.

You are right that it would be fairly normal for us to open 2S with this hand. 1S is close to being acceptable at this particular vulnerability and position, but it would be auto for us to open 2S under most other circumstances.

Our unusual weak-2 style is the result of a compromise in one of the few areas of bidding in which Brad and I did not see eye-to-eye when we began our partnership: my weak 2s were very sound and Brad's were very light.

I wish I could say with confidence that the success we have enjoyed is partly because of our style of weak-2s and not in spite of it

Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com

[blackshoe]

Not gonna pass, not gonna open 2♠. 1♠ for me.

[P_Marlowe]

dickiegera, on Feb 28 2010, 09:05 AM, said:

Dealer with favorable vulnerability
Do open 2♠ weak with: J98765, AQ ,Kxxx, x
Thank you

No.

[Siegmund]

Justin sez:

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Basically I am not a fan of weak 2 bids with a huge amount of defense, I feel like partner will often judge wrong in common situations

QFT.

It's curious indeed that brad-fred came to a style where this is a weak 2 - a sound weak 2 person would object to the ratty spade suit and a weak weak 2 person would object to it being so heavy outside, I would have thought