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I open all 12 point hands. 3 or 4 times a year I get a crappy 12 pt hand like this and open it anyways. this one isn't so bad a 6 card suit with a simple rebid.
every time you pass partner has a crappy 10/11 he thinks he can't open and you miss a nice part-score.
Open what?
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Posted 2014-February-15, 22:39
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Posted 2014-February-17, 12:03
Well, it's too weak for K/S 1♦ call, but I might do it anyway (our agreement is that it could be an "overstrength preempt"). I could open it 1NT...
It's a "WTP" EHAA 2♦ bid, of course.
It's a "WTP" EHAA 2♦ bid, of course.
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Posted 2014-February-20, 07:41
Very defensive hand. 1D seems fair here.
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Posted 2014-February-20, 10:39
I chose other partially to keep the poll from being unanimous I admit but because
our partnership agreements go a long way to deciding how I would handle this hand.
1D or PASS
1D looks easy but there are many problems with it. Rho passed so at this point Rho average
hand is around 6 plus our 12ish leaves 22 in the deck so splitting 11 each on AVERAGE
this is our hand for a part score. P's 11 gets a positional boost since on AVERAGE east will
have a better hand than west but my hand suffers almost the same positional disadvantage since
only the heart A is exempt. This is a ok hand to open at MP where the fight for part scores is
dramatic. Even at MP we have the rather large downside of not having either major which makes
our competitive ammo barrel half full at best. IMPS the risk vs reward tilts in favor of passing
since we do not really possess any of the main features for wanting to be in the bidding--
1. we do not have a good lead director
2. we lack the majors
3. on average we can expect at best a part score
PASS
Pass is something hard for players to do for some reason. It is almost as if they think of the
green card as moldy or something worse. The huge downside of opening these hands with small
defensive potential is competitive bidding where our 1d opener gives our side an immediate
disadvantage because we are not really all that close to what p might expect defensively even
from a light opening bid.
Another aspect of pass is that if p were to open 1h/s we have an easy 2d bid which caters not
only to a possible misfit (our major shortness) but gets our values in while promising less
defense.
I favor pass myself but understand the human nature 1d bid. If we pass and our system does not allow
us to bid 2d naturally (over p 1 h/s) than I would open 1D.
our partnership agreements go a long way to deciding how I would handle this hand.
1D or PASS
1D looks easy but there are many problems with it. Rho passed so at this point Rho average
hand is around 6 plus our 12ish leaves 22 in the deck so splitting 11 each on AVERAGE
this is our hand for a part score. P's 11 gets a positional boost since on AVERAGE east will
have a better hand than west but my hand suffers almost the same positional disadvantage since
only the heart A is exempt. This is a ok hand to open at MP where the fight for part scores is
dramatic. Even at MP we have the rather large downside of not having either major which makes
our competitive ammo barrel half full at best. IMPS the risk vs reward tilts in favor of passing
since we do not really possess any of the main features for wanting to be in the bidding--
1. we do not have a good lead director
2. we lack the majors
3. on average we can expect at best a part score
PASS
Pass is something hard for players to do for some reason. It is almost as if they think of the
green card as moldy or something worse. The huge downside of opening these hands with small
defensive potential is competitive bidding where our 1d opener gives our side an immediate
disadvantage because we are not really all that close to what p might expect defensively even
from a light opening bid.
Another aspect of pass is that if p were to open 1h/s we have an easy 2d bid which caters not
only to a possible misfit (our major shortness) but gets our values in while promising less
defense.
I favor pass myself but understand the human nature 1d bid. If we pass and our system does not allow
us to bid 2d naturally (over p 1 h/s) than I would open 1D.