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Response to 1S

Poll: Response to 1S (24 member(s) have cast votes)

Response to 1s

  1. 4d (4 votes [16.67%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 16.67%

  2. 2n (6 votes [25.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 25.00%

  3. 4s (10 votes [41.67%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 41.67%

  4. something else (4 votes [16.67%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 16.67%

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#21 User is offline   Zelandakh 

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Posted 2014-August-04, 04:39

View PostWackojack, on 2014-August-03, 06:59, said:

Many Acol players use a 2NT response as invite plus.

Seems like an overbid. I do not know any Acol players that are using this structure and have never seen it in the BBO Acol Club in the (many) years I have been visiting. More than that, is the information we get going to help us make a decision on going past 4♠ or not even if the auction remains uncomtested? And there has to be a decent chance of hearing some number of hearts or diamonds from LHO before partner gets to show us anything at all.

If we have a sequence that specifically shows a good distributional raise to game such as with Bergen then it is worth considering. But absent such special agerements the practical choice is 4♠.
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Posted 2014-August-04, 07:48

I don't think 2NT is an overbid. If opener has only 4 spades, then he's got 15-17. If he has 5 spades you want to be in game anyway.

But yeah, agree 4S is the practical shot here. And also it's not clear how the extra info from 2NT is gonna be worth something. Besides, 2NT might encourage a bal 15-17 partner to move beyond 4S and that might be unsafe.
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Posted 2014-August-04, 11:42

View Postwhereagles, on 2014-August-04, 07:48, said:

I don't think 2NT is an overbid.

That many Acol players use the structure was the overbid... :)
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