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3N. The hand is a bit strong for 2N, and Qxx of spades may well provide a stopper if opener has a six-card suit, in which case nine tricks aren't very far away.
It will also be safer to pass over partner's 4♥ than if I bid 2N and LHO bids 3♠.
If they double, I will redouble (hopefully, but that's matchpoints) for minors.
Bid this over a weak 2
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Posted 2005-May-02, 15:03
Though I never open NT with stiff, I would overcall 2NT (even 3NT if I feel like to gamle a little).
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Posted 2005-May-02, 16:51
I was thinking about this problem at work today, and so got out the old hand generator and put the south hand in and gave the East hand a disciplined weak 2 where it has 2 of the top 4 honors. Here are the first 20 hands for your partner that it generated
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It looks like:
3♣ is the safest,
2NT puts partner under the most pressure
3NT on a majority of hands is at most a finesse
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It looks like:
3♣ is the safest,
2NT puts partner under the most pressure
3NT on a majority of hands is at most a finesse