re:Open 1D, 1S, or 1NT?
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Niele
MPs, both vul. You are playing 2/one GF, 15-17 NT. In third seat you hear 2 passes & hold
AKQT T873 KQT T8
You have no particular agreements about third seat openers. Please rate the folowin bids & explain your reasonin:
(a) 1D (b) 1S (c) 1NT (d) other.
Overcall or jump-overcall?
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Henry the Virtual Cat
*Matchpoints*
Suppose I've a hand that qualifies for a weak jump overcall (i.e.
safe 6-card suite and at most one outside feature), but that's also strong enough for a simple overcall. Should I make the weak jump overcall or the regular overcall?
Please give any guidelines that you can, providing sample hands where necessary.
Thank you
re:My bad...or was it?
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ravenclaw
Matchpoints, you are white, their principally red.
Two passes to RHO, who bids 1C.
You hold KQJx / 9x / Jxxx / KTx.
(a) Do you ovecrall 1S?
(b) Assume you pass in (a).
LHO bids 2C, explained as inveretd after pd asks, & RHO hurriedly passes.
What's your call? [Answer (a) and (b) before looking at (c).] (c) Pd held Tx / KQ8xx / K98x / xx.
Should he have bid 2H over the passed-hand 2C?
Does the
