Re: 2N/2X as feature ask/continuation
- From: henrysun909@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 14:56:55 -0800 (PST)
On Jan 5, 10:44 am, David Howorth
<howorthd.dontincludet...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Playing online the other day, I was in second seat with
AKQxxx Qx Jxx xx.
Dealer passed, and I reasoned, "The doubleton Q isn't worth a full 2
points, the tripleton J isn't worth a full point, either. I have the
dullest distribution you can have with a 6-card suit." I decided to
treat it as a tip-top weak hand and I opened 2S.
(We reached 4S, which made easily, as did 3NT, so this isn't a blame
contest.)
Later my partner wondered (as did I) whether a 1S opening would have
been better.
I plugged the hand into a K&R evaluator
(http://www.gg.caltech.edu/~jeff/knr.cgi)
and it reported that it was worth 13.35 points. Kaplan and Rubens are
certainly smarter than I am, so I'm perfectly prepared to believe that I
should have opened 1S.
But out of curiosity, I then plugged in
AKQxxx xx xxx xx
which comes up at 12.40.
So it looks like it's wrong (at least in first and second seat) ever to
open 2 with a suit this good.
Which brings me to the point. Like a lot of people, I play 2NT in
response to a weak-2 as a feature ask, with opener's rebid of 3NT
showing a running suit (and, as a necessary corollary,no outside A or
K). But maybe that 3NT rebid shouldn't exist.
Or am I missing something?
David Howorth
That really depends on what your range for a weak2 is (seat and color
are also important in this regard).
If your weak2s are primarily constructive, then this would be a
maximum weak2. If your weak2s are primarily obstructive, then this
would be a minimum 1-bid.
For me, a hand like
AKQxxx
xx
xxx
xx
is a 1S opening bid. I cannot expect responder to make a game move
with
xx
AKxx
xxxx
Axx
and I'm willing to take the losses when we get too high. Because
AKQxxx
xx
xxx
xx
is a one bid, I can afford to open weak2s with weaker hands like
AKJxxx
xx
xxx
xx
or
AQJxxx
xx
xxx
xx
on the maximum side, and
QT9xxx
Kx
xxx
Jx
on the minimum side. So my partners never have to worry about my
having, potentially, 6 fast winners when I open 2S.
Having that low a floor for an opening 1-bid obviously works best in a
strong club context, where hands with 16/17+ HCPs get opened 1C. I
doubt that opening that light works well in a standard context as the
1-bid range gets wider and wider.
Henrysun909
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