[Tramticket]

rmnka447, on 2019-September-23, 13:24, said:

I think North's proper bid is 3 ♦ preemptive. Then South can drive the auction from there.

I agree as well.

The thing about Cappelletti is that you have two ways to show diamonds - you can jump to 3♦, or you can go through the 2♣ response. If you are not goimg to use 3♦ as a preempt, you may as well use 2♣ as just showing a six-card major and bid 3m directly with a minor (Multi-Landy style).

And yes, given your methods, I respond 2NT.

[pilowsky]

West has no business bidding 1NT it is a flaw in SAYC.They should favor their five card suit and bid one club forcing for round in the absence of interference! Not their contact anyway.

[johnu]

pilowsky, on 2019-October-04, 01:27, said:

West has no business bidding 1NT it is a flaw in SAYC.They should favor their five card suit and bid one club forcing for round in the absence of interference! Not their contact anyway.

I would guess that a Bridge World Master Solvers panel would vote for 1NT about 95% of the time, maybe unanimously. Sometimes panelists misread the problem, or decide to bid using their own system instead of BWS which uses 15-17 HCP 1NT.

[pilowsky]

That's the trouble with guessing!

[Stephen Tu]

Maybe as a newbie you want to learn some stuff before trying to teach others.

Recommending anything but 1nt opening is absurd. After 1c you have no sensible rebid. Jump raising a major promises a 4th trump. 2nt is an overbid, 1nt an underbid. 2M raise is an underbid. 2c is supposed to usually have a sixth club and weaker in high cards.

John was underestimating/being sarcastic with 95%, should be unanimous.

Also, 1c is absolutely not forcing in SAYC. SAYC (or more generically SA, or 2/1; opp's system wasn't specified) is not a strong club system like Precision nor a forcing but not necessarily strong club system like Polish club.