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#1 User is online   jillybean 

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Posted 2012-April-13, 18:20

Are these two auctions both showing an 18-19 balanced hand?

(1♣) X (P) 1♦ (P) 1N

(1♣) X (P) 1M (P) 1N
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Posted 2012-April-13, 18:27

View Postjillybean, on 2012-April-13, 18:20, said:

Are these two auctions both showing an 18-19 balanced hand?

(1♣) X (P) 1♦ (P) 1N

(1♣) X (P) 1M (P) 1N

If I am reading this right...it is a double, followed by 1NT by the doubler. If, so, 18 is low. Many 18's should just overcall 1NT; it has a top of 20 in either case.
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Posted 2012-April-13, 19:50

View Postaguahombre, on 2012-April-13, 18:27, said:

If I am reading this right...it is a double, followed by 1NT by the doubler. If, so, 18 is low. Many 18's should just overcall 1NT; it has a top of 20 in either case.

I play the same. For me a 1NT O/C is a good 15 to 18 and X then 1NT is a good 18 to 20.
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Posted 2012-April-20, 01:20

I play them as 19-21, whatever it is the NT range above your 1NT overcall.
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Posted 2012-April-20, 02:08

They both show a balanced hand too good to overcall 1NT.
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Posted 2012-April-20, 02:12

The same.

For me this question goes in the category of "life's too short to make a significant difference" and the memory load of playing something different causes more trouble that it is worth.
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