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#1 User is offline   Little Kid 

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Posted 2010-March-26, 12:45

Scoring: MP


You bid in first seat, what will it be?
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Posted 2010-March-26, 12:46

1♦
OK
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Posted 2010-March-26, 12:49

Little Kid, on Mar 26 2010, 01:45 PM, said:

Dealer: South
Vul: N/S
Scoring: MP
♠ AJ7
♥ A
♦ AK843
♣ AT53
 


You bid in first seat, what will it be?

2NT

This is a straight forward hand. Those who will bid 2NT with a stiff A or K will. Those who won't will bid 1♦ planning on a 3♣ reverse or bidding game in ♠ if the opportunity presents itself. So take your poison!!!
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Posted 2010-March-26, 12:58

Put me down for 1♦, thankyouverymuch. Even if you occasionally open 2NT with a singleton in an otherwise suitable hand, this time you have 1) a singleton in a major you'll often be transferred into, 2) Hardly any tenaces 3) two suits to bid naturally if you choose. I'd be much more willing to open AQxx KJxx A AQxx with 2N than the posted hand.
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Posted 2010-March-26, 12:59

1♦.
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Posted 2010-March-26, 13:20

1♦. I have too little in the Majors to worry about Pass-Pass-Pass.

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


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Posted 2010-March-26, 13:23

Hanoi5, on Mar 26 2010, 02:20 PM, said:

1♦. I have too little in the Majors to worry about Pass-Pass-Pass.

I am not worried about 1♦ - All Pass. If that happens, odds are that I am in the right contract.

The same cannot be said for 2NT.
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Posted 2010-March-26, 13:26

ArtK78, on Mar 26 2010, 01:23 PM, said:

Hanoi5, on Mar 26 2010, 02:20 PM, said:

1♦. I have too little in the Majors to worry about Pass-Pass-Pass.

I am not worried about 1♦ - All Pass. If that happens, odds are that I am in the right contract.

The same cannot be said for 2NT.

Exactly my feelings. 1♦ very clear to me.
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Posted 2010-March-26, 14:02

This is a non-problem. Sorry to anyone who chooses it but 2NT absolutely sucks. There are no rebid problems after 1♦ and you are well suited for suit play. The stiff A/K thing is for when you have an otherwise difficult hand to show (typically 1444 or 4441), which is just not the case here. That would be cliche overriding judgment run amok.
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Posted 2010-March-26, 14:18

1D.
I don't mind a singleton K or A, even Q sometimes in a pinch to be sure I have a reasonable rebid, for a 2NT opening, but this hand is very wrong for 2NT.
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Posted 2010-March-26, 14:39

Agree with almost everyone: we have a normal 1♦ opening, so there's nothing wrong with opening it 1♦... Don't even think about opening stronger, and don't be afraid that you're too strong because of that 1 little HCP.
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Posted 2010-March-26, 23:27

1D looks obvious. Can't imagine anything else.
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Posted 2010-March-26, 23:33

You have the control cards if partner bids NT with queens or KJ then all the better so 1 ♦ is fine.
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Posted 2010-March-27, 04:30

Agree with 1♦. Slightly worried about missing a game where partner passes - wow @ all the controls the hand has.
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Posted 2010-March-27, 13:30

1D, followed by 3C.

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Posted 2010-March-27, 17:32

AQxxxx Axx x Kxx

What do you open?

Seriously, is there a real alternative to 1♦ here?
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Posted 2010-March-27, 18:58

CSGibson, on Mar 27 2010, 06:32 PM, said:

AQxxxx Axx x Kxx

What do you open?

Seriously, is there a real alternative to 1♦ here?

Judging by the methods apparently in use on the hand CSGibson quotes, I would say not - the hand is unsuitable for opening six spades, or three hearts, or three clubs, so one diamond is all that is left.
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Posted 2010-March-27, 19:05

dburn, on Mar 27 2010, 05:58 PM, said:

CSGibson, on Mar 27 2010, 06:32 PM, said:

AQxxxx Axx x Kxx

What do you open?

Seriously, is there a real alternative to 1♦ here?

Judging by the methods apparently in use on the hand CSGibson quotes, I would say not - the hand is unsuitable for opening six spades, or three hearts, or three clubs, so one diamond is all that is left.

ok, my bad, I've been snippy lately on these forums, and I need to stop. It seems like the 1 diamond opening is obvious for OP unless you play a precision system or something else with specialized bidding. It seems so obvious to me that I questioned why it was in the advanced/expert forum.
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Posted 2010-March-27, 19:06

Yep, descriptive and space-saving, dburn. Excellent choice from the obvious alternatives.
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