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Opening bid?

Poll: Opening bid? (39 member(s) have cast votes)

Opening bid?

  1. 1S (30 votes [76.92%])

    Percentage of vote: 76.92%

  2. 2C (6 votes [15.38%])

    Percentage of vote: 15.38%

  3. 2N (3 votes [7.69%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.69%

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#1 User is offline   pclayton 

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Posted 2009-April-23, 18:49

MPs, weak opponents r/w, u dealt and hold:

AKJTxx Ax Qx AQx
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Posted 2009-April-23, 19:14

I'm with Nuno, 2C.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2009-April-23, 21:56

I'm with him too... 2♣
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Posted 2009-April-23, 22:42

1♠, 2♣ seriously did not even occur to me, and I've been fielding Han's 2♣ openers for some time.
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Posted 2009-April-23, 23:13

1♠, I guess I'm missing something as usual?
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Posted 2009-April-23, 23:16

Playing with my regular partners it's a pretty easy 1♠. It's possible, but extremely unlikely that we're going to miss something after this start.
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Posted 2009-April-23, 23:27

1s...expect 100%?

I open 2c on almost any
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Posted 2009-April-23, 23:27

1S?!
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Posted 2009-April-24, 00:03

JLOL, on Apr 23 2009, 09:27 PM, said:

1S?!

I would
have bet you'd open this 2N.
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Posted 2009-April-24, 00:16

pclayton, on Apr 24 2009, 01:03 AM, said:

JLOL, on Apr 23 2009, 09:27 PM, said:

1S?!

I would
have bet you'd open this 2N.

Lol where do people come up with these reputations? And even if he were going to treat it as balanced I guarantee he would open 2♣ and call it 22-23.
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Posted 2009-April-24, 01:45

I open 2♣ on way more hands than is bboforums standard. But this hand is a 1♠ opener for me.
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Posted 2009-April-24, 03:18

I'm with han ;)
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Posted 2009-April-24, 06:36

jdonn, on Apr 24 2009, 01:16 AM, said:

pclayton, on Apr 24 2009, 01:03 AM, said:

JLOL, on Apr 23 2009, 09:27 PM, said:

1S?!

I would
have bet you'd open this 2N.

Lol where do people come up with these reputations? And even if he were going to treat it as balanced I guarantee he would open 2♣ and call it 22-23.

That's where I was going with this...

2♣...2NT shows the strength right.
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Posted 2009-April-24, 08:02

20 points, nice 6-card suit, I open 2♣ definitely.
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Posted 2009-April-24, 08:08

1S.

If we can play 2S after a 2C opening, I would go with 2S,
but I am pretty sure, that you wont be able to stop in 2S.

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Posted 2009-April-24, 08:51

I opened it 2N :)

It worked for a strange reason; pard had ♥KT98xx (2=6=3=2). Not sure if she would have 1N'd over 1♠.
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Posted 2009-April-24, 11:24

pclayton, on Apr 24 2009, 09:51 AM, said:

I opened it 2N :)

It worked for a strange reason; pard had ♥KT98xx (2=6=3=2). Not sure if she would have 1N'd over 1♠.

Not sure what you mean it worked. Game is very close and could easily go down, and partner would be nuts not to respond with KT98xx of hearts anyway.
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Posted 2009-April-24, 11:44

pclayton, on Apr 24 2009, 01:03 AM, said:

JLOL, on Apr 23 2009, 09:27 PM, said:

1S?!

I would
have bet you'd open this 2N.

LOL
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Posted 2009-April-24, 12:21

1♠, and rebid 3NT over a 1NT response. Dare I say WTP?
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Posted 2009-April-24, 14:32

I would open 1♠. 2NT is the only other call worthy of consideration. The hand is not even close to a 2♣ opening bid.
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