[lenze]

From a local club game:

North
S-K54
H-J8652
D-7
C-KT84

South
S-Void
H-K
D-AKQ984
C-AQJ953

South West North East
1D Pass 1H 1S
3C Pass 3NT Pass
4C Pass 5C Pass
6C All Pass

Spade led, making 7. Diamonds were 3-3

Enough said

[Free]

I would've opened 1C, because 1D followed by 3C isn't absolute forcing, but a reverse is...

And yes, it's a cute hand

[lenze]

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I would've opened 1C, because 1D followed by 3C isn't absolute forcing, but a reverse is...

And yes, it's a cute hand

Thanks for the reply

I don't know where you are from, but where I learned to play, 1D followed by 3C is a Game force. Plus, we NEVER reverse with equal length. A reverse ALWAYS shows mores cards in the first suit.

[the hog]

"I don't know where you are from, but where I learned to play, 1D followed by 3C is a Game force. Plus, we NEVER reverse with equal length. A reverse ALWAYS shows mores cards in the first suit. "

We don't play it as a GF, but we DO play it as 100% forcing, and "yes", a reverse ALWAYS shows that the first bid suit is longer and this is standard in ANY system unless you play some sort of canape.

Reminds me of a hand from Monday
Qx
void
AQJ9xx
AKJxx

opposite
Jxxxx
xxx
KTx
xx

1D (X) P (4H)
5C (P) 5D
All pass
Making 5 on the nose.

[Hypocrites]

Nice hand, just one question. Isn't this hand too strong to open 1D? Looking at the hand in general I can see two losers. I would have opted for a 2C opening.

[hrothgar]

Nice hand, just one question. Isn't this hand too strong to open 1D? Looking at the hand in general I can see two losers. I would have opted for a 2C opening.

There is a school of thought that asserts that 2-suited hands should not be opened 2C.
The opening steals too much space and you never have enough room to describe your shape.

Personally, I agree

[Hypocrites]

Makes sense, thank you