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NT or NoT (2)
#1
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Posted 2012-October-31, 03:33
♠♥♦♣ 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
#2
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Posted 2012-October-31, 03:45
1 ♣ playing 15-17.
The 14 HCPS are nice, just aces and kings. But: 3433, no nines, no eights, just one ten.
The 14 HCPS are nice, just aces and kings. But: 3433, no nines, no eights, just one ten.
Kind Regards
Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
#3
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Posted 2012-October-31, 04:08
The problem is the position.
Ask yourself,how do you feel, if 3NT comes back to you, if you want to be in game vs. 9-10
bal., because if partner holds 9-10 bal. a max for for the bidding, he will bid 3NT.
If partner would not be a passed hand, than he could have more, and if he bids 3NT, he may
hold only 9-10 bal., but this would be a min for the 3NT bid, he could have more.
With kind regards
Marlowe
Ask yourself,how do you feel, if 3NT comes back to you, if you want to be in game vs. 9-10
bal., because if partner holds 9-10 bal. a max for for the bidding, he will bid 3NT.
If partner would not be a passed hand, than he could have more, and if he bids 3NT, he may
hold only 9-10 bal., but this would be a min for the 3NT bid, he could have more.
With kind regards
Marlowe
With kind regards
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
#4
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Posted 2012-October-31, 04:08
1♣. If i had doubleton ♠ I may open 1N at MP to make it harder for them to find their ♠fit.
Now I cant see any reason to upgrade, I will be unhappy if partner bids game on a random 10 count. Apart from that the field will not be opening 1N and taking anti-field auctions is usually a bad idea, especially when they have more downsides than upsides
Now I cant see any reason to upgrade, I will be unhappy if partner bids game on a random 10 count. Apart from that the field will not be opening 1N and taking anti-field auctions is usually a bad idea, especially when they have more downsides than upsides
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Posted 2012-October-31, 13:48
I agree with 1♣ but I certainly don't dislike having aces and kings. The shape is poor and an unsupported ten is not worth all that much. Make it Kxx AKxx xx A10xx and I would upgrade.
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Posted 2012-October-31, 16:09
No upgrade for me with sterile 4333 distribution and no spots of consequence.
#7
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Posted 2012-November-01, 12:24
opening bids are so light that when one sees a balanced 14 count they see the
stars. There is nothing special about this 14 count except that it would be considered
slammish opposite a partner making a mild slam try. That won't happen here since p
is a passed hand. I have little interest in having p suddenly bidding 3n with a 9 count
stuck in between 2n and 3n. We are probably better off if P can play the
hand since we have nothing in dia and only the spade K vulnerable to attack. The
best way to avoid the negatives and steer the hand into p is to start with
1C
stars. There is nothing special about this 14 count except that it would be considered
slammish opposite a partner making a mild slam try. That won't happen here since p
is a passed hand. I have little interest in having p suddenly bidding 3n with a 9 count
stuck in between 2n and 3n. We are probably better off if P can play the
hand since we have nothing in dia and only the spade K vulnerable to attack. The
best way to avoid the negatives and steer the hand into p is to start with
1C
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Posted 2012-November-04, 18:46
I play Schenken Club and it opens 4 card majors. 1!h is the bid
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Posted 2012-November-04, 21:02
1♣ as opposed to what, Shenken????
When a deaf person goes to court is it still called a hearing?
What is baby oil made of?
What is baby oil made of?
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Posted 2012-November-04, 21:58
Glad everyone else knows what OP's opening 1NT range is.
"Bidding Spades to show spades can work well." (Kenberg)
#11
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Posted 2012-November-05, 06:18
This hand looks like 1NT to me.
#12
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Posted 2012-November-05, 07:09
I would definitely open a 13-15 NT.
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