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rescue yourself weak NT security vs annoyance

#1 User is offline   benlessard 

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Posted 2011-August-05, 10:39

all vul


1Nt--(X)---???

KT98x
x
Txxx
xxx

1Nt is 12-14 may have 5M

the sos system is

XX= 2/3 suiter
2y = to play

all further XX is sos meaning that as long as they X you can make partner declarer.
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Posted 2011-August-05, 10:45

2S. Why should I make it easy for them to exchange information?
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2011-August-05, 10:53

View Postgnasher, on 2011-August-05, 10:45, said:

2S. Why should I make it easy for them to exchange information?

and let's preempt them.

BTW, I prefer a style in which responder has 2 ways to show a spade 1 suiter (and I consider this a 1-suiter)....bidding directly allows opener to raise with an appropriate hand with 4 card support while redoubling then 2 tells opener that we have no interest in competing to the 3-level. There are arguments for and against this, of course. This is a hand on which I would be happy to compete to the 3 level if he felt so inclined (he doesn't do it just because he has 4 trumps).
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Posted 2011-August-05, 11:11

Also 2.

View Postmikeh, on 2011-August-05, 10:53, said:

BTW, I prefer a style in which responder has 2 ways to show a spade 1 suiter (and I consider this a 1-suiter)....bidding directly allows opener to raise with an appropriate hand with 4 card support while redoubling then 2 tells opener that we have no interest in competing to the 3-level. There are arguments for and against this, of course. This is a hand on which I would be happy to compete to the 3 level if he felt so inclined (he doesn't do it just because he has 4 trumps).

I play such a style, but we would need quite some more than this to show a "good" 2. Opener is on the other hand allowed to compete on (virtually) all 4 card fits or a good hand with 3.
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Posted 2011-August-05, 11:37

Given the OP agreements, 2 is just right. He didn't ask, but a thread on alternative agreements would be interesting to some people I know who use weak NT.

The comments on two ways to show spades are important in determining whether 2S can be bid, here; but taking up their whole 2-level certainly is a good thing.
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