[mgtusi]

whereagles, on Jul 27 2005, 09:00 AM, said:

It is sensible to open 1H. But people believe it's a sin when playing 5 card majs..

In my humble opinion, the only good case to open that hand with 1 ♥ is precisely when partner pass and n°4 bid 1 ♠. It is a pragmatic view, to say !

OK, you open with 1 ♥ and now partner's response is 1 ♠.

What is your rebid ?

[Al_U_Card]

4C splinter in support of S and btw, planning your rebids is extremely pragmatic....

[mgtusi]

Al_U_Card, on Jul 27 2005, 10:14 AM, said:

4C splinter in support of S and btw, planning your rebids is extremely pragmatic....

I'm so confused : I misred the spades ! I saw AJ9 and not AJ9x !

So the second part of my last post is stupid. I apologize.

What I want to say about the 1 ♥ is that it works well only in that case : partner pass and opps balance with one spade.

In all the other cases, you have a good rebid :

1 ♥ over one diamond by partner,
4 ♣ over one heart or one spades,
3 NT over 1 NT,
...

When you choose an atypic opening bid, it is for plan your rebid over the partner's response, not over the opponent one, no ?

[Al_U_Card]

Yes, those pesky opps, always getting in the way of our communication etc. I have on several instances opened the 4 card H suit when 4-4-4-1 mostly because I don't play roman type 2D bids.....It just seems to work out well for me. (I don't mind playing moysian fits and when pard bids 1NT forcing I can bid 2NT or 3NT depending on the hand and he will never go back to H with only 2 cards in the suit.

[flytoox]

1N or dbl. I would never pass with such a hand.

[P_Marlowe]

The_Hog, on Jul 27 2005, 03:09 AM, said:

P_Marlowe, on Jul 27 2005, 05:48 PM, said:

Pass,

if you wanna play games, 1NT.

With kind regards
Marlowe

Games? Games like Bridge I suppose you mean.

Hi,

I believe, that 1 NT is a good bid, it may even be
the best bid, but it is a (small) gamble, you gamble,
that they dont attack clubs.

With kind regards
Marlowe