North hand is worth a 2♠ raise even if 3 points lighter, add a point and exchange the quacks for a couple of kings and you have an easy 3♠. So how can pass be defensible? Give the North hand 4 trumps and a stiff with 0 HCP and I would give a single raise opposite a 16-21 1♠, and surely the given hand is better than this.
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Posted 2014-April-06, 21:38
Just to be Devil's advocate, there is a lot to be said for playing 1♠ forcing and 1N as a double negative. from book Precision'sOne Club Complete, K Wei & J. Radin
example responder hand
♠2 ♥5432 ♦J432 ♣Q432
here 6♣/6♦ playable and will pass 1♠ if not forcing
example responder hand
♠2 ♥5432 ♦J432 ♣Q432
here 6♣/6♦ playable and will pass 1♠ if not forcing
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