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Me and my partner are currently trying out Hexagon 2s with some adjustments. This hand came up while playing...
http://tinyurl.com/7x26e6b
♠ - AQT6
♥ - A
♦ - AQ72
♣ - AQ32
A 2 bid promises an ACOL style 2 opening with typically 5+ of the suit if strong. I chose to handle the hand as being balanced although the singleton A was quite an evil card. I downgraded it to a 20-21 NT hand and opened 2D. How would you all handle this hand using Hexagon or a more standard system? Was my treating this as a 20-21 NT a bad choice or should I of chosen to treat it as a strong 5 card diamond hoping for a ♠ bid by partner? The hand does need a good bit of support though from partner. Possibly opening 1D would be acceptable as well?
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Had some trouble with this one... Hexagon
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Posted 2012-June-18, 09:05
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Posted 2012-June-18, 09:33
Thanks for the link, but still interested in what people have to say about this hand. I would rather have the linked hand over this hand any day.
♠♥♦♣ The American Swede of BBF...I eat my meatballs with blueberries, okay? ♣♦♥♠
Junior - Always looking for new partners to improve my play with..I have my fair share of brilliancy and blunders.
"Did your mother really marry a Mr Head and name her son Richard?" - jillybean
Junior - Always looking for new partners to improve my play with..I have my fair share of brilliancy and blunders.
"Did your mother really marry a Mr Head and name her son Richard?" - jillybean
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Posted 2012-June-18, 09:43
The important parts of the link, IMO, were that 4X1 hands suck in the auction and in the play. I would be content to open 1D in a natural system and treat the hand as a maximum unbalanced 1-bid.
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Posted 2012-June-18, 11:47
I would open it as a balanced 22 count
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Posted 2012-June-18, 12:24
EricK, on 2012-June-18, 11:47, said:
I would open it as a balanced 22 count
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Posted 2012-June-18, 13:55
Opening 1♦ or treating as balanced are both fine. But don't downgrade. If partner has as little as Kxxx in spades, there are nine tricks before even taking a finesse. If there is a nine card fit anywhere your hand is huge. It is closer to an upgrade than a downgrade.
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