Are these two auctions both showing an 18-19 balanced hand?
(1♣) X (P) 1♦ (P) 1N
(1♣) X (P) 1M (P) 1N
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same or different
#1
Posted 2012-April-13, 18:20
"And no matter what methods you play, it is essential, for anyone aspiring to learn to be a good player, to learn the importance of bidding shape properly." MikeH
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"At last: just calm down, this kind of disrupted boards happens every day in our bridge community. It will always be an inherent part of bridge until we move to a modern platform, and then will we have other hopefully less frequent issues." P Swennson
#2
Posted 2012-April-13, 18:27
jillybean, on 2012-April-13, 18:20, said:
Are these two auctions both showing an 18-19 balanced hand?
(1♣) X (P) 1♦ (P) 1N
(1♣) X (P) 1M (P) 1N
(1♣) X (P) 1♦ (P) 1N
(1♣) X (P) 1M (P) 1N
If I am reading this right...it is a double, followed by 1NT by the doubler. If, so, 18 is low. Many 18's should just overcall 1NT; it has a top of 20 in either case.
"Bidding Spades to show spades can work well." (Kenberg)
#4
Posted 2012-April-20, 01:20
I play them as 19-21, whatever it is the NT range above your 1NT overcall.
(-: Zel :-)
#6
Posted 2012-April-20, 02:12
The same.
For me this question goes in the category of "life's too short to make a significant difference" and the memory load of playing something different causes more trouble that it is worth.
For me this question goes in the category of "life's too short to make a significant difference" and the memory load of playing something different causes more trouble that it is worth.
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