[diana_eva]

Your partnership agreements are to open sound, but you also know your pd won't divorce you if you happen to judge it's a good idea to break this agreement and open light occasionally.

Opps are playing some form of strong club with weak NT. At the other table both pairs are playing 2/1.

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You are dealer, 1st seat white vd red. Would you open? If so, what would you open?

[eagles123]

I would open 1 club

[hrothgar]

eagles123, on 2014-May-25, 07:47, said:

I would open 1 club

I would pass

[inquiry]

This is similar to the 3♠ hand from earlier, where first seat not vul, I could not open 3♠ with the hand because it was too strong for my standards in that seat at that vulnerability. So my two choices are pass and 1♣. I have to admit that I would open 1♣ and I would plan to raise 1♥ or 1♠ by partner to the two level. If partner makes a negative double of something, I am rebidding clubs. Also if partner bids 1♦ I am rebidding 2♣. If my RHO bids, I am passing unless support double is available.

[Phil]

Pass but no real strong feelings.

[Mbodell]

diana_eva, on 2014-May-25, 07:07, said:

Your partnership agreements are to open sound, but you also know your pd won't divorce you if you happen to judge it's a good idea to break this agreement and open light occasionally.

Opps are playing some form of strong club with weak NT. At the other table both pairs are playing 2/1.

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You are dealer, 1st seat white vd red. Would you open? If so, what would you open?

I prefer a style where I can open 1♣ (or even better 2♣ playing a strong ♣) with this hand, however, since that isn't the style I'm playing in this partnership I pass.

[mycroft]

What's your style for a 3♣ opener? Is partner going to divorce you? I play 3♣ by an unpassed hand as "welcoming 3NT"; this is borderline, but white on red, against better opponents, I might just pull it off.

What I don't want to hear is p-1NT-p-p to me, especially if I can't bid clubs naturally.