[han]

Could you all enlighten me why 1H is so bad that even 1D and 1S are better?

[gnasher]

I'm not sure that it's worth spending lots of time discussing which is the best of three rather random psyches. Since you ask, however, I prefer 1♠ to 1♥ because the upside is greater - it's more likely that they can make something in spades, and more likely that discouraging a spade lead will help us, and 1♠ is more preemptive than 1♥. The risk is slightly greater too, but I think that the difference in risk is less than the difference in potential gain.

[JLOGIC]

loled @ bayer-hinden et all. <3 hanp so much.

I've never understood why people don't just have 3 raises for the minor, preemptive, mixed, and inv+. I mean, this is not that uncommon of a scenario. I would bid 1N given the methods though.

[Phil]

JLOGIC, on 2011-March-04, 18:05, said:

loled @ bayer-hinden et all. <3 hanp so much.

I've never understood why people don't just have 3 raises for the minor, preemptive, mixed, and inv+. I mean, this is not that uncommon of a scenario. I would bid 1N given the methods though.

Or even four raises. Agree a mixed raise is nice here.

[FrancesHinden]

JLOGIC, on 2011-March-04, 18:05, said:

loled @ bayer-hinden et all. <3 hanp so much.

I've never understood why people don't just have 3 raises for the minor, preemptive, mixed, and inv+. I mean, this is not that uncommon of a scenario. I would bid 1N given the methods though.

I do, in ascending order of strength 2NT, 3C and 2C.
But it is questionable quite how many ways you should have to raise partner's 1C opening. Particularly because the 3C bid never seems to come up.

[Free]

1NT wtp, but if you really don't like it I'd bid 1♥. At least we have a top honour there, which helps us to keep control of the trumps when we'd play 2/3/4♥.