Posted 2013-August-15, 22:48
Thanks. I had searched a bit on the site and figured that was it. So far I have scanned it, now I have to read it and think about it.
Part of it, as I get it, is that
1♦(could be short)-Pass-1♥-Pass
1NT-X
is penalty, not take-out.
I can see the point, but ...
Anyway, it is part of my general thought about using the archives to try to answer the question: "How do top pairs handle this, that, or something else?"
In this case "this" would be the nebulous minor suit opening.
Possibly, if we review the records, it seldom much matters at all. Perhaps. But it has often seemed to me that when defending against Precision, it's the 1♦ opening that may provide the biggest opportunity for effective interference.
Ken