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1NT or pass?

Poll: 1NT or pass? (37 member(s) have cast votes)

1NT or pass?

  1. 1NT (19 votes [51.35%])

    Percentage of vote: 51.35%

  2. pass (17 votes [45.95%])

    Percentage of vote: 45.95%

  3. other (1 votes [2.70%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.70%

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#1 User is offline   Apollo81 

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Posted 2006-July-21, 09:09

2nd seat, both vul, MPs

♠ 86
♥ QJ
♦ AKQJT
♣ KT84

RHO opens 1♦
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Posted 2006-July-21, 09:19

Call me old-fashioned, that looks like a 1♦ opener followed by a 2♣ rebid. If partner responds 1NT, maybe I'll invite with 2NT.

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Posted 2006-July-21, 09:20

Apollo81, on Jul 21 2006, 06:09 PM, said:

2nd seat, both vul, MPs

♠ 86
♥ QJ
♦ AKQJT
♣ KT84

RHO opens 1♦

Pass could work well
You hope to pass partner's takeout double or bid 2♦ in an auction like

(1♦) - P - (1M) - (P)
(1N) - 2♦

Unfortunately, I'm worried by my major suit shortage. I expect that if I pass, the auction is going to be at 2M before I get a chance to bid, in whcih case I'm pretty much shut out of the auction.

I prefer an immediate 1NT to clarify my values and approximate shape...
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Posted 2006-July-21, 09:21

barmar, on Jul 21 2006, 11:19 AM, said:

Call me old-fashioned, that looks like a 1♦ opener followed by a 2♣ rebid. If partner responds 1NT, maybe I'll invite with 2NT.

RHO opens 1♦ in front of you. See the intial post.
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Posted 2006-July-21, 09:22

Oops!

In that case, put me in the 1NT camp.

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Posted 2006-July-21, 09:23

barmar, on Jul 21 2006, 10:19 AM, said:

Call me old-fashioned, that looks like a 1♦ opener followed by a 2♣ rebid. If partner responds 1NT, maybe I'll invite with 2NT.

I wont call you old-fashioned. I will tell you that your RHO beat you to the punch when he opened 1♦ before you had a chance to, which makes it impossible for you to do so.

Sometimes it helps to read the whole problem.

:P
Is the word "pass" not in your vocabulary?
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Posted 2006-July-21, 09:24

1NT. I have diamonds stopped. The only thing that worries me is that I won't be able to claim 150 honours in a diamond contract :P

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Posted 2006-July-21, 09:24

I pass. But mainly because I like to trap pass. :P
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Posted 2006-July-21, 10:26

I would bid 1NT, no one trap passes any more. Do they?
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Posted 2006-July-22, 15:37

I pass. A NT contract can't be good if I'm the declarer. RHO's points are all working if s/he has a 4=4=4=1 distribution.

Oops, sorry, didn't see it was MP. Then I agree, 1NT makes sense, and preempts LHO from bidding their 4CM.
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  Posted 2006-July-22, 20:50

1NT ..can't afford for opps to find a major fit by passing...if opener's p has 6-7 points...may think twice to bid at the 2 level when vul..:)...

And may get a juicy ♦ lead too:)
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Posted 2006-July-22, 22:11

1NT for me..making it more difficult for the opps to find a major fit, and telling PD that I have 15+ to 18- HCP and D's well stopped and a balanced hand.

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Posted 2006-July-24, 08:04

I am usually the one overcalling in questionable situations, but this one gives me pause. The vulnerability stinks, as we may profit more by defending or we may go for too much (even undoubled). The ♥QJ is a terrible holding; I might have two unstopped suits.

I don't really know what is right here.
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Posted 2006-July-24, 12:03

hum.. I'll pass. 1NT is of course ok, but somehow my instincts tell me to pass.
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Posted 2006-July-24, 12:17

I pass
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Posted 2006-July-24, 16:18

Pass for me.
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Posted 2006-July-24, 16:33

I pass. Against 1N I lead Diamonds from the bottom (T,J,Q,K,A).

If it goes 1D-1M-2M. I guess I would bid 2N next
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