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Until I read the Hog's post I'm just going with 3S.
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Posted 2011-October-11, 07:22
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2011-October-11, 09:23
3♠. I wish my hand was more pure for this, but sometimes I have to choose the best of bad options.
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Posted 2011-October-11, 10:07
I flipped 5 quarters into the air
as to how they landed I did not care...
4 out of 5 said 3♠. Even without the quarters I would open this 3♠ if I couldn't use 2♠. I would only open this 1♠ in a partnership or system that opens super light (Incision/Zar/John Kranyak)
as to how they landed I did not care...
4 out of 5 said 3♠. Even without the quarters I would open this 3♠ if I couldn't use 2♠. I would only open this 1♠ in a partnership or system that opens super light (Incision/Zar/John Kranyak)
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Posted 2011-October-11, 18:32
I would not open 1♠. I'm between 3 and 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 2011-October-12, 02:47
sasioc, on 2011-October-10, 06:57, said:
I will open 2♠ showing 8-12 points and a 6 card suit and be happy that I play that method when I pick this hand up 
lamford, on 2011-October-10, 07:06, said:
Sadly you are not playing American weak twos. Your Two Spade opener at love all would be 5-9 with six spades.
Well the hand fits nicely into the 5-9 range. The seventh ♠ makes it a maximum but not out of range. 8 HCP looks about right to me.
I would happily trade in all these honors for 2 aces.
I admit I never understood the argument of those, who would never open a weak two with a seven card suit.
For an 8-12 "American" weak two I would definitely consider this hand minimal, the seventh ♠ notwithstanding.
The Ruben Kaplan evaluator (which is good for suit contracts) puts the total value of this hand at 9.55, of which 2 points were attributed to the 7321 distribution.
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Posted 2011-October-12, 06:08
rhm, on 2011-October-12, 02:47, said:
Well the hand fits nicely into the 5-9 range. The seventh ♠ makes it a maximum but not out of range. 8 HCP looks about right to me.
I would happily trade in all these honors for 2 aces.
I would happily trade in all these honors for 2 aces.
I would not be at all happy about opening 2 Spades at love all on ♠ A9xxxxx ♥ x ♦ Axx ♣ xx. But then I would not be happy with any call.
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