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Playing the weak no-trump 12-14, you open in a minor, pd passes.

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Posted 2010-September-02, 18:01

Say I'm playing 12-14 NT openings so I open 1♦ with:

♠AK7x
♥KJ9x
♦Axx
♣xx

1♦-Pa-Pa-X

What should I do here?

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


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Posted 2010-September-02, 18:04

I hear a lot of people advocate that 1NT shows this, but I much prefer it to be 18-19 (as strong NT), so I pass here.
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Posted 2010-September-02, 18:46

You need an agreement but 1NT is not an option and I'd like to have some diamonds when I pass this. Either redouble or bid 1♥, depending on which is most likely to lead to us playing in a major rather than partner introducing a poor club suit.

I'd also prefer to open 1♣ on this hand type. This wouldn't make the problem go away but would affect how you deal with it.
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Posted 2010-September-02, 18:50

I see this as a trivial pass. I would take either redouble or bidding a major suit as a better hand. In the case of bidding that could partly be in the form of distribution since I also think that shows longer diamonds. Are we worried partner doesn't respond in a major without 6 points or something?
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Posted 2010-September-02, 22:04

Pass. Bidding here is not running, it is constructive. If you redouble you have a strong hand with good diamonds, if you bid 1H you have 4+H and 5+D.

Partner is a bridge player too and if it goes 1D p p X p p he knows to run.
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Posted 2010-September-03, 09:05

JLOGIC, on Sep 2 2010, 11:04 PM, said:

Pass. Bidding here is not running, it is constructive. If you redouble you have a strong hand with good diamonds, if you bid 1H you have 4+H and 5+D.

Partner is a bridge player too and if it goes 1D p p X p p he knows to run.

I agree with JLogic entirely ... sounds like a good partner!
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Posted 2010-September-06, 03:29

Pass, we either have a balanced 15+ or an unbalanced hand which can be weaker. We don't need to tell partner again what we have...
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