[gurgistan]

Scoring: IMP

South bids 1 ♣. Partner passes. North bids 1 ♥. I bid 1N...

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I clearly have a 1N overcall over one opponent but with both bidding I decided to bid it anyway as an attempt to steal the partscore.

How good/bad was my overcall and for what reasons?

Any and all advice appreciated.

Please Note: I do not give the complete bidding or result in order not to pre-empt particular lines of reasoning.

Any and all advice appreciated.

[aguahombre]

Some people protect themselves from themselves by playing sandwich NT. Others, like me, still retain a natural meaning for 1NT between two bidders by an unpassed hand. If used carefully, it is o.k.

How good, or how bad was the bid? Dunno. The issues in choosing it include:
--Winning the race to 1NT, which is often a good thing.
--it is better than doubling
--if you don't buy the contract, the declarer will probably be able to play the hand double-dummy (and won't get too high, as they might if left alone).
--you really don't have a source of tricks, so it is a good thing you are not vul.
--going for 300 NV is not a good thing, since they likey do not have a game.

[gurgistan]

aguahombre, on Jul 31 2010, 10:27 AM, said:

Some people protect themselves from themselves by playing sandwich NT. Others, like me, still retain a natural meaning for 1NT between two bidders by an unpassed hand. If used carefully, it is o.k.

How good, or how bad was the bid? Dunno. The issues in choosing it include:
--Winning the race to 1NT, which is often a good thing.
--it is better than doubling
--if you don't buy the contract, the declarer will probably be able to play the hand double-dummy (and won't get too high, as they might if left alone).
--you really don't have a source of tricks, so it is a good thing you are not vul.
--going for 300 NV is not a good thing, since they likey do not have a game.

Thanks for introducing me to the Sandwich 1NT.

It seems my 1N bid is just incorrect in this spot and I should simply pass.

[gwnn]

1NT is not bad, although somewhat marginal on values.

I used to like artificial 1NT overcalls but I got bored of them.