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Posted 2010-December-30, 11:10

1♦-1NT-2NT

How many points does opener have?
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Posted 2010-December-30, 11:17

View Postmgoetze, on 2010-December-30, 11:10, said:

1♦-1NT-2NT

How many points does opener have?

18-19
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Posted 2010-December-30, 11:26

And why am I not bidding 3NT to play with 18-19?
I would expect opener to have an invitational hand (16-17) semibalanced.
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Posted 2010-December-30, 12:30

View PostGerben42, on 2010-December-30, 11:26, said:

And why am I not bidding 3NT to play with 18-19?
I would expect opener to have an invitational hand (16-17) semibalanced.



Because you don't like to hang partner when you are playing a strong No Trump

Not everybody plays a weak NT where you look pretty forced to bid 2NT with 15-17
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Posted 2010-December-30, 12:57

Sounds reasonable. Shows how long I haven't played 15-17... The strongest I've played in a serious partnership for the last almost 10 years is 14-16.
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Posted 2010-December-30, 13:22

Been discussed.

2N is 18-19. 3N is the 'source of tricks' hand.
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Posted 2010-December-30, 13:43

View PostGerben42, on 2010-December-30, 12:57, said:

Sounds reasonable. Shows how long I haven't played 15-17... The strongest I've played in a serious partnership for the last almost 10 years is 14-16.

That must be all of your bridge playing life Gerben.
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Posted 2010-December-30, 21:35

In SA I would assume 2NT = 16+ to 18-, jump to 3NT with the best 18s and almost all the 19s, along with a few weaker hands with running diamond suits (i.e., "to play.")

I can imagine that some people always rebid 2M with their 4252 17-counts, but not my style of SA.
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