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For those who play a 12-14nt and xyz, do you play systems on or xyz after 1x 1y 1nt?
I am thinking xyz would work well,
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12-14nt and XYZ
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Posted 2014-November-23, 18:50
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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Posted 2014-November-23, 18:57
jillybean, on 2014-November-23, 18:50, said:
For those who play a 12-14nt and xyz, do you play systems on or xyz after 1x 1y 1nt?
I am thinking xyz would work well,
I am thinking xyz would work well,
Playing 11-13 opener, we play an XYZ variant there. Really it it works very well any time opener has shown a balanced hand with a defined range.
Observation though, XYZ sucks really hard if opener is unbalanced. As it is more likely opener is unbalanced though after a 1m opening in a weak NT context, I suggest agreeing that it is off if you know, for sure, on the auction, that responder is unbalanced. I suspect the most likely problem auction is 1 club, 1 red, 1 spade (and to a lesser extent 1D-1H-1S)
It may be wise to agree to a treatment for this auction about bypassing 1S with a balanced hand and 4 spades.
Edit: It's definitely better than systems on as well.
This post has been edited by Cthulhu D: 2014-November-24, 03:43
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