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Posted 2019-December-29, 22:15
my pt and i use contrôles after 2C opening Hd .
hère 2D. =0-2 Controls
2Nt. = 3 Controls. (unpass M ; reserved for opiner later if...
3C. = 4Controls
3D = 5Controls
3H = 6 controls. ace= 2 controls
any k = one control
w that 2 boards. my first response will be 3H @. Alert. = 6. controls
MY PY WL KNOW I HV 2 ACES 2 K
HE WL directly bid 7NT
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what to bid ... my reg use of Controles on open 2C hand
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Posted 2019-December-30, 01:29
Control responses are very old fashioned and have fallen out of favour in the past few decades. These are these traditional responses:
2♦= 0 or 1
2♥ = 2
2♠/2NT = 3, differentiated by 3K or an A and a K
3♣ = 4 or more. I guess you could keep going up as you do, but
The trouble with controls is that they get in opener’s way. Getting to 7NT in 3 bids is fun, but it’s not really necessary. There is plenty of room between 2♣ and 7NT.
2♦= 0 or 1
2♥ = 2
2♠/2NT = 3, differentiated by 3K or an A and a K
3♣ = 4 or more. I guess you could keep going up as you do, but
The trouble with controls is that they get in opener’s way. Getting to 7NT in 3 bids is fun, but it’s not really necessary. There is plenty of room between 2♣ and 7NT.
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Posted 2019-December-31, 22:36
2♦=0 or 1 control
2♥=2 controls
2♠=3 controls
2NT=4 controls
3♣=5 or more controls.
3♦/3♥=essentially a weak 2 bid in the next higher suit, GF.
But as Vampyr says, they've fallen out of favor these days.
2♥=2 controls
2♠=3 controls
2NT=4 controls
3♣=5 or more controls.
3♦/3♥=essentially a weak 2 bid in the next higher suit, GF.
But as Vampyr says, they've fallen out of favor these days.
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Posted 2019-December-31, 23:45
niboj72, on 2019-December-29, 22:15, said:
2Nt. = 3 Controls. (unpass M ; reserved for opiner later if...
Opener can no more bid 2♥ after 2NT then after 2♥.
So you're using up bidding space for no reason if I had read your post correctly.
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Posted 2020-January-01, 07:53
Recently, on BridgeWinners, David Burn suggests that 2♣ - 3♣ could show a weak balanced hand.
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