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#1 User is offline   rduran1216 

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Posted 2011-August-11, 20:47



1st seat Red vs. white

do you open this hand?

1S, 3S? etc?
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Posted 2011-August-11, 21:26

1♠ is probably better. Then spades and spades.

 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 2011-August-11, 21:47

View PostHanoi5, on 2011-August-11, 21:26, said:

1♠ is probably best. Then spades and spades.

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You have 2 Aces and 10 HCP and a suit you can bid 3 times if needed. I will bid 1♠ 100% of the time.
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Posted 2011-August-11, 22:41

1♠ for me as well. Even if it were my style to open this type of hand with 3♠, I would still be tempted not to: 7-2-2-2, bad spots, scattered values and lots of defense. So many reasons not to.
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Posted 2011-August-12, 00:51

2♠ for me.

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Posted 2011-August-12, 02:18

1S, fulfills easily the rule of 18, nearly all cards are working
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Posted 2011-August-12, 02:23

1♠
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Posted 2011-August-12, 02:53

I'm in the 1♠ camp as well.
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Posted 2011-August-12, 04:21

I am also in the 1S camp. This is FAR too good for 2S.
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Posted 2011-August-12, 07:44

1♠ = 10
3♠ = 4
2♠ = 1
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Posted 2011-August-12, 09:58

You can make a sensible argument for Pass, 1♠ and 2♠. A lot of it depends on style and preempting philosophy.

I'd open it 2♠, but I don't hate 1♠. I don't generally open a weak 2 with two bullets, much less a 7 card suit, but:

- We are r/w so a 7 card suit isn't too much of a surprise
- 7222 sucks
- Our suit has poor texture

If you give me just a little more like the ♠9, or a 7321, then I'd open it 1. If you take away my ♠J, I'd pass.

So I think I'd score it:

2♠ - 10
1♠ - 9
Pass - 7
3♠ - 1

(I hope Cherdano doesn't think I'm acting like pseudo expert because I'm making all these value calls based on rearranging Jacks and adding 9's :P)
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Posted 2011-August-14, 12:59

3♠ for me. 2nd choice pass. (In fact, I'd turn Phil's scoring upside down.)
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Posted 2011-August-14, 13:57

Prefer 1♠ but don't mind 3♠. I can understand 2♠ though for me it's clearly too good for that. I wouldn't ever consider passing.
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Posted 2011-August-14, 16:22

1♠, I never open 2 or 3 with 2 aces in 1st or 2nd.
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Posted 2011-August-14, 17:32

View Postfarrnbach, on 2011-August-12, 02:18, said:

1S, fulfills easily the rule of 18, nearly all cards are working

Describe your Rule-of-18 .

I thought it is only for 4th seat openers like Rule-of-15 .
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Posted 2011-August-15, 03:55

Obvious 1♠. You have the top suit and easy bids and rebids. No need to spread randomness.
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Posted 2011-August-15, 09:17

View Postwhereagles, on 2011-August-15, 03:55, said:

Obvious 1♠. You have the top suit and easy bids and rebids. No need to spread randomness.


So the daily wisdom is: "(Don't) Practice kind acts of randomness"? :)
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Posted 2011-August-16, 16:19

Something escapes me. You need to translate that irony into my mother language, phil ;)
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Posted 2011-August-16, 16:46

The original saying is:

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty

or

praticar atos aleatórios de bondade e de atos sem sentido de beleza
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Posted 2011-August-16, 18:37

View Postrhm, on 2011-August-12, 00:51, said:

2♠ for me.

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I held a similar hand 7=2=2=2 and opened 2♠.

The auction went

2♠ - X - 3♠ - 4♥
4♠ - X - all pass

4♠X making. LHO asked,"thought the preemptor wasn't allowed to bid again?"
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