[kgr]

My partner had following hand at MP's:

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- What do you open?
- If you open 1♦, will you reverse if partner bids 1NT or always bid Spade if opps compete?

[ggwhiz]

1♦ followed by 4♠ if I'm white.

I did this once with a soon to be regular pard who worked out that it was right to bid 5♦ with 2 spades and one diamond for a good sacrifice.

[kgr]

Thanks for the answer

ggwhiz, on 2013-September-06, 10:19, said:

1♦ followed by 4♠ if I'm white.

I did this once with a soon to be regular pard who worked out that it was right to bid 5♦ with 2 spades and one diamond for a good sacrifice.

And when partner bids 1NT or 2♣, then you reverse in ♠?

[PhilKing]

1♦ then spades forever.

[kgr]

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Is this also a 1♦ opener?

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and this?

[ggwhiz]

kgr, on 2013-September-07, 09:31, said:

Thanks for the answer
And when partner bids 1NT or 2♣, then you reverse in ♠?

I jump into 4♠, not a simple "might be power" reverse

[kgr]

For info both hands and the bidding:

MP's

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[PhilKing]

ggwhiz, on 2013-September-07, 12:41, said:

I jump into 4♠, not a simple "might be power" reverse

I would do the same with the black suits reversed.

[nige1]

kgr, on 2013-September-06, 10:01, said:

My partner had following hand at MP's:
- What do you open?
- If you open 1♦, will you reverse if partner bids 1NT or always bid Spade if opps compete?

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IMO

• Open 1♦ = 10, 1♠ = 7.
• After 1♦ - 1N -; ??, 2♠ = 10, 4♠ = 9 (But now worried that PHilKing will take it as splinter for ♣).
• In competition, repeat ♠.

[ggwhiz]

PhilKing, on 2013-September-09, 11:26, said:

I would do the same with the black suits reversed.

Are 3♠ and 4♠ both splinters?

[Zelandakh]

3♠ as an auto-splinter and 4♠ as XRKCB would seem reasonable, just on basic meta-rules.