[kayin801]

What ranges do people play for (1NT)-3m and (1NT)-P-(P)-3m? How do you change it with vul? If you don't have 2C available for a club suit, (or 2D available for a diamond suit), how does that affect your ranges?

Thanks in advance for your input/data.

[Siegmund]

Mine look very much like my 3m openers. At favorable, KQJxxx and out is the classic hand.Ive been known to stretch and do that anyway with neither vul. Unfavorable it is a sound 7-card suit. The range extends at least an ace beyond that - hands that I would open 4m at favorable or equal I probably only overcall 3m with.

If I am playing DONT or Capp, it tends to be only the Axx Axx QTxxxx x type hands where I bail out in 2D. Whether I have a way to play 2C or 2D has very little to do with my 3m range, I am going to apply pressure and take up bidding space if I have a hand to justify it. Especially if it is going to take an extra round of bidding to sign off at 2m.

Will be curious what others do. I seem to get a lot of pickup partners who mumble something about why I went to the 3-level instead of just showing a 1-suited hand. But it can't possibly right to go slow and give the opps 2 or 3 chances to make use of doubles and passes and the choice between immediate and delayed action, as well as all their usual system toys.

[FrancesHinden]

I don't have any way of overcalling 2m (what's the point?) but I have two ways of overcalling 3m - we play an immediate 3m as pre-emptive, and 2NT to show a good overcall i.e. one where partner is invited to bid 3NT.