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Your opening bid?

Poll: Your opening bid? (19 member(s) have cast votes)

Your opening bid?

  1. 1C (9 votes [47.37%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 47.37%

  2. 1D (3 votes [15.79%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 15.79%

  3. 1S (2 votes [10.53%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 10.53%

  4. Pass (4 votes [21.05%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 21.05%

  5. Other (1 votes [5.26%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 5.26%

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Posted 2011-March-16, 06:13

IMPs


Just curious as to the styles out there...
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Posted 2011-March-16, 06:27

I have a 1♣ opening so I bid 1♣. The ♠ suit isn't good enough to open 1♠, and I don't like to bid 1♦ on such hands because partner will consider it to be a 4 card suit. If you'd reverse the minors there's a case to open AKx instead of the xxxx because 1♣ openings are on a 3 card much more often.
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Posted 2011-March-16, 06:41

1♦, because it's a good lead-director B-) (This is an important issue in 3rd suit openings.)

Won't bid 1♣ and 1♠ on a bad 4 card suit seems a bit of a stretch to me.
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Posted 2011-March-16, 12:48

Pass.

I would open 1♠ if the spades were better, but opening either minor is more likely to lose than gain. 1♣ has zero (actually negative) preemptive value, I don't want them led and it will be hard to compete successfully in clubs. 1♦ has some lead direction value but this may well be a competitive partscore hand and we will want to play in our best suit.
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Posted 2011-March-16, 13:32

View Postthe_dude, on 2011-March-16, 06:13, said:

IMPs


Just curious as to the styles out there...


Agree with Free

White on red, I might very well open 3♦
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Posted 2011-March-16, 15:57

View Postnigel_k, on 2011-March-16, 12:48, said:

Pass.

I would open 1♠ if the spades were better, but opening either minor is more likely to lose than gain. 1♣ has zero (actually negative) preemptive value, I don't want them led and it will be hard to compete successfully in clubs. 1♦ has some lead direction value but this may well be a competitive partscore hand and we will want to play in our best suit.


+1. Also, after opening 1m I'm not sure what to do if partner responds 1H.
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Posted 2011-March-16, 17:11

easy one club

If pard responds 1h...easy 1s, no problem yet.

Partner will expect this hand, this is a very common hand given the bidding so far.

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btw a more unexpected hand might be:

AKxx...x...Qxx....AKxxx
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Posted 2011-March-16, 18:56

In third seat, I'm opening 1♦. I will pass partner's response (even 1♥) and take my chances. I feel like we have one bite at the cherry and I want to get across my diamonds. I would rather pass than open 1♣.
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