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Why wouldn't you open 1NT?

#1 User is offline   SimonFa 

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Posted 2012-November-11, 14:53

Playing with 3 GIBs I was surprised to get the best score, to date, of 9.6 IMPs shared with one other human whose ops went off in a slam:

WvW, RHO dealt

♠ QJ2
♥ A4
♦ JT8
♣ AKT72

All the other humans opened 1♣ (except one who rather bizarrely passed) and ops found a game making spade fit. I opened 1NT and played in 2H making after a dbl from LHO and transfer from partner.

I was just wondering if I had missed something seeing as I was the only one to open 1NT?

Thanks in advance,

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Posted 2012-November-11, 15:00

How many other people were there?

It could very well have just been a fluke.
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Posted 2012-November-11, 15:45

 cargobeep, on 2012-November-11, 15:00, said:

How many other people were there?

It could very well have just been a fluke.

At the time 9 other tables.
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Posted 2012-November-11, 16:49

That's a classic (15-17) 1NT opener.

Weird.
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Posted 2012-November-11, 16:59

 SimonFa, on 2012-November-11, 15:45, said:

At the time 9 other tables.

I doubt that it is very useful to compare your results and guage your sucess or failure against others on BBO as the results vary wildly,
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Posted 2012-November-11, 18:19

Maybe you were playing in the Acol Club?
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Posted 2012-November-11, 22:55

If playing a few hands with a pick-up who's profile says 16-18 I'd uograde this to 1NT.
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Posted 2012-November-11, 23:08

Remember this hand the next time we're talking about whether GIB is better than "the average BBOer"; 14 BBOers held your hand, and only 3 opened 1NT.
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Posted 2012-November-13, 07:28

Compared to those other players, you made a superior bid and got a superior score. Justice was served.
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