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Scoring: IMP

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[Vampyr]

I usually open 2♠ on this sort of hand.

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

I usually pass those hands, if you want to pass

a) open 2S, planning to bid clubs next (my parne likes to do this)
B) open 4S

With kind regards
Marlowe

PS: It is a good idea to make up your mind in general, what you do
with weak distributional two-suiters, if you are first / second to open.

[mich-b]

P_Marlowe, on Oct 4 2009, 04:05 AM, said:

I usually pass those hands, if you want to pass

a) open 2S, planning to bid clubs next (my parne likes to do this)
open 4S

two-suiters, if you are first / second to open.

Option a) seems to me to be get the worst of both worlds : It misdescribes the hand and risks playing 2♠ when cold for 4♠ , or 5♣, or 6♣, and at the same time leaves room for opps to judge their actions.
The plan "to bid ♣ later" may often not work, for example if the auction proceeds 2♠-3♥-Pass- 4♥. Obviosly bidding 5♣ now has some disadvantages.

I would suggest selecting between :
a. Pass - planning to bid agressively later, and getting both suits into the picture.
(probably the "normal" choice).
b. Open 4♠, hoping that it is either a good contract, or that opps will bid too much.

[P_Marlowe]

mich-b, on Oct 4 2009, 04:26 AM, said:

P_Marlowe, on Oct 4 2009, 04:05 AM, said:

I usually pass those hands, if you want to pass

a) open 2S, planning to bid clubs next (my parne likes to do this)
open 4S

two-suiters, if you are first / second to open.

Option a) seems to me to be get the worst of both worlds : It misdescribes the hand and risks playing 2♠ when cold for 4♠ , or 5♣, or 6♣, and at the same time leaves room for opps to judge their actions.
The plan "to bid 5♣ later" may often not work, for example if the auction proceeds 2♠-3♥-Pass- 4♥. Obviosly bidding 5♣ now has some disadvantages.

I would suggest selecting between :
a. Pass - planning to bid agressively later, and getting both suits into the picture.
(probably the "normal" choice).
b. Open 4♠, hoping that it is either a good contract, or that opps will bid too much.

Option a) is a style, which got advocated by Roth, in the end
it is a matter of personal taste.
I am not very familar, if the hand would 100% qualify.

With kind regards
Marlowe

[gwnn]

4♠

[pooltuna]

Don't

[655321]

4♠

[andy_h]

At favourable I'd be tempted with 4♠ but since we're w/w I'll go with 3. Really dislike pass when I can get my good suit in on the first go and let the opponents guess at the 4 level.

[Phil]

4♠. Pard will have no idea what's important to raise 2 or 3. Plus, you'll have an achy feeling if they bid 4♥.

[cherdanno]

4♠. I am not generally opposed to opening at the 2-level with 65 or 66 hands, planning to bid again, but here we would probably have to bid 5♣ over 4♥, bypassing our most likely par contract in 4♠.

[neilkaz]

4♠ for me ..this sure looks like a freakish and preemptive hand. Lets deprive the opps of a routine auction.

[Winstonm]

Pass can be a constructive bid and help move the auction forward later on. Why is the question always - what would you bid and not what would you do?