{"id":57552,"date":"2022-12-19T11:38:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T09:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/?p=57552"},"modified":"2022-12-19T16:14:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T14:14:05","slug":"one-hand-six-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en\/one-hand-six-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"One hand, six questions. Play with J\u00e9r\u00f4me and L\u00e9o Rombaut!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nowadays, everyone wants to open 1NT even when they have a five-card major. What was forbidden yesterday has become fashionable today. But beware of abuse!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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E\/W Vul. As South, you hold:<\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. How do you open that hand?<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Your partner opens 3♥. What do you say?<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. You open 1♠, your partner responds 1NT, what is your second bid?<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Your RHO opens 1♣, you overcall 1♠, your LHO passes and partner cue-bids 2♣. East passes and it\u2019s your turn.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. You open 1♠ and your partner answers 2♥. What do you say? And try to already think about your third bid.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. You are declarer in 4 Spades, after the simple 1♠-4♠.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    West leads the Queen of Clubs, his partner wins with the Ace and plays back the Diamond 8, which you take with the Ace. How do you continue?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    The solutions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    1.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s becoming more and more fashionable to open 1NT with a five-card major. The main advantage is that you immediately show the range of your hand and avoid any problems of finding a rebid \u2013 the risk is that you may end up playing 3 No-Trump when you have a 5-3 fit in a major or even to play 1 No-Trump when you could make a major-suit game when partner has a 4-4-4-1 and 6 7HCP. To open 1NT with a five-card major, your hand must meet several conditions. Two of them are fulfilled here, you have three cards in the other major to avoid playing in a misfit if partner makes a transfer and your doubleton contains a stopper. On the other hand, there is a huge disadvantage: having 17HCP in form of Aces and Kings, which can lead to missing out on a Spade game or a better part-score contract. We therefore recommend opening 1♠.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Score:<\/p>\n\n\n\n