[sceptic]

Hi all,

a couple of questions here please

1/. was I strong enough to reverse here (I did not, but curious if I was strong enough or what extra I would need if I was not)

2/. I opened a club (would opening a spade have been better)

3/. what is your opinion on opening the longest suit first with a 6/5/2/0, is it personal preference or is there a recommended way of doing it

4/. is 6/5/2/0 better than 6/5/1/1 (this might seem a dumb question to some of you but I will ask it anyway)

Scoring: IMP

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West North East South

 1♣    Pass  1♦    Pass
 1♠    Pass  1NT   Pass
 2♠    Pass  3♠    Pass
 4♠    Pass  Pass  Pass
 




can you give me you opinions on my line of play (made me sweat a bit) and can you tell me how to handle it correctly please.

http://online.bridgebase.com/myhands/hands...time=1122249600

hand 32

thanks all

[pbleighton]

1/. was I strong enough to reverse here (I did not, but curious if I was strong enough or what extra I would need if I was not)

Yes.

2/. I opened a club (would opening a spade have been better)

1 club is right, IMO.

3/. what is your opinion on opening the longest suit first with a 6/5/2/0, is it personal preference or is there a recommended way of doing it

Assume you mean when the 6 is lower ranking. You should be strong enough to reverse if you do this, except that when you have 6 clubs and 5 spades there is a case for always doing it.

4/. is 6/5/2/0 better than 6/5/1/1 (this might seem a dumb question to some of you but I will ask it anyway)

Very marginally.

Peter

[han]

Agree with Peter:

1: you were strong enough to reverse but 1S seems right.

2: I would also have opened 1C. Make the club ace a small club and I would open 1S.

3: This is a very interesting question, and I don't think that world experts would agree amongst themselves. There are some that would try to always open their longest suit, others (not so many I think, but there are) that would always open in a major with 5. Peter's guideline seems wise.

4: AQJ9x xx - AJxxxx is only slightly better than AQJ9x x x AJxxxx, but AQJ9x Kx - AJxxxx is of course quite a bit better than AQJ9x K x AJxxxx. Similar if the heart king was the ace or queen.

I think that my third bid would have been 3S instead of 2S, this is quite a good hand. Not sure about this though, would like to hear some expert opinions.

[mike777]

sceptic, on Jul 23 2005, 08:25 PM, said:

Hi all,

a couple of questions here please

1/. was I strong enough to reverse here (I did not, but curious if I was strong enough or what extra I would need if I was not)

2/. I opened a club (would opening a spade have been better)

3/. what is your opinion on opening the longest suit first with a 6/5/2/0, is it personal preference or is there a recommended way of doing it

4/. is 6/5/2/0 better than 6/5/1/1 (this might seem a dumb question to some of you but I will ask it anyway)

Dealer: West Vul: All Scoring: IMP

♠ 76 ♥ QJ932 ♦ JT8532 ♣   ♠ AQJ94 ♥ KT ♦   ♣ AJ8643 ♠ 853 ♥ A84 ♦ A9764 ♣ T2 ♠ KT2 ♥ 765 ♦ KQ ♣ KQ975

West  North East  South

 1♣    Pass  1♦    Pass
 1♠    Pass  1NT   Pass
 2♠    Pass  3♠    Pass
 4♠    Pass  Pass  Pass
 




can you give me you opinions on my line of play (made me sweat a bit) and can you tell me how to handle it correctly please.

http://online.bridgebase.com/myhands/hands...time=1122249600

hand 32

thanks all

Wayne your bidding was fine.
Over 2s partner has a great hand for you. Partner needs to force to game and bidding 3s was not enough.

Great example of S.J. Simon bidding, "bid big hands small and small hands big".

[coyot]

Agree with the above - strong enough for reverse and it is a good idea to open 1♣ if you want to show 11 cards AND strong hand quickly. If you open 1♠ and hear a forcing 1NT, you now need to jump to 3♣ and still show only 9 cards.

[luke warm]

1/. was I strong enough to reverse here (I did not, but curious if I was strong enough or what extra I would need if I was not)

to me, definitely

2/. I opened a club (would opening a spade have been better)

nah... i'd open 1S with a weaker hand, maybe

3/. what is your opinion on opening the longest suit first with a 6/5/2/0, is it personal preference or is there a recommended way of doing it

for me it depends on the suits involved and the strength of the hand

4/. is 6/5/2/0 better than 6/5/1/1 (this might seem a dumb question to some of you but I will ask it anyway)

hard to answer (there are hands, for instance, where you might need 2 stiffs for entry purposes), but i'd say in general the void gives greater playing strength

[Fluffy]

I've always opened 1♠ with that, so I cannot help you here.

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

1) yes
2) 1C is ok
- because you are strong enough to make a reverse
- becaue your suits are clubs and spade, i.e. opening
1C, you wont loose the spades, but you may loose the clubs
if you open 1S
3) if the suits are neighboured, and the lower ranking suit is
longer, i.e. 6 diamonds, 5 hearts, and you are not strong enough to
make a reverse open the higher ranking (suggested e.g. by Klinger)
4) since both hand types are freaks, I woudl not really bother to think
about it, of course if you happen to have a fit in one of your longers suit,
the void is better


With kind regards
Marlowe

[keylime]

I definitely like 1♣ followed by 1 and 2♠. Really helps pard see the trick taking potential of your hand.

The hand has a lot of body. Only give pard a minimum-ish hand and six isn't out of the picture.

With regards to the 6511 versus 6520 question, I rather have the latter because often, pard's length are in the singletons, and therefore timing the hand right becomes hard. I rather have a void.