[pescetom]

Lost my phone for a few days, with hindsight recommend it to anyone (it's amazing how many things there are to read in newspapers and magazines or to discuss by actually talking).

Some ongoing battles and many interesting hands to catch up, but let's settle for this hand.

MP

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Your call as South?

[mike777]

1C
I have three first round controls
Not much else

Happy to see you back

[jillybean]

geeze, I think I would pass. 2 Aces don't make it an opening hand, does the void get us there?

I'm glad you have your phone back !!

[pescetom]

jillybean, on 2026-November-07, 16:59, said:

geeze, I think I would pass. 2 Aces don't make it an opening hand, does the void get us there?

All my club passed, just testing the waters.

[akwoo]

In my light opening Precision partnership, this is 2D, but otherwise pass.

I wouldn't object to a partnership agreement to open 1C, but I wouldn't usually (sometimes I feel like fooling around) spring it on an unsuspecting partner.

[jillybean]

mike777, on 2026-November-07, 16:25, said:

1C
I have three first round controls
Not much else

Happy to see you back

You are the last person I'd expect to see opening this hand

[mike777]

 jillybean, on 2026-November-07, 17:36, said:

You are the last person I'd expect to see opening this hand

If needed I am willing to rebid 2C on a five card club suit on these hand types. They do come up often enough

We usually get out in 2c or 2d. Or the opponents come in..
Opponents seem to love to bid over 2+ club openings..

[jillybean]

mike777, on 2026-November-07, 19:28, said:

If needed I am willing to rebid 2C on a five card club suit on these hand types. They do come up often enough

How would this auction go?

[mike777]

 jillybean, on 2026-November-07, 19:55, said:

How would this auction go?

What auction?

[mw64ahw]

Pass, 1♣ or 2♦/2♥ (depending on partner) Majors. Hmm

Pass - not with both Majors and that shape.

If 1♣ we likely find the Major fit anyway, but If partner has weak ♦ only we could be in 1N or 2♦. If partner has a modicum of values, but we misfit 3N may be too high.

If 2♦ we could end up playing in the Moysian, or miss game.

I open 1♦ (unbalanced) on 10 counts so would go for 1♣ here.

[jillybean]

mike777, on 2026-November-07, 19:28, said:

If needed I am willing to rebid 2C on a five card club suit on these hand types. They do come up often enough

mike777, on 2026-November-07, 20:48, said:

What auction?

Where you would rebid 2♣

[mike777]

 jillybean, on 2026-November-07, 23:45, said:

Where you would rebid 2♣

After 1C-1S
1S=bal 6-10 roughly or diamonds

I rebid 2C
Notice opponents with majors and HCP are silent..

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

I likely would go with 1C.

Make it a spade void, I am likely to pass.

With kind regards
Marlowe

[pescetom]

a)

MP

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b)

MP

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c)

MP

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[P_Marlowe]

a) this is easy, X
b) 3H, we have a fit, I show it

[mw64ahw]

a) X
b) this one's tricky, 3♥ may be an underbid and 4♥ an overbid. Possibly X if agreement is not for penalties.
c) 2♥, for me, this is stronger than 1♥ as I complete with WeakNT (playing) strength.

[DavidKok]

I would open 1♣ and think that, while you can't take away much from this hand and still open, the decision is still very clear to me. I expect my partner to feel the same way.

If partner responds 1♥ I have an easy 3♥ call. If anything we might be on the strong side for this, with the diamond void. But I'm not forcing to game opposite nothing more than a response. It is also likely that partner has diamond wastage.
For me the 1♥ is also positive, Dutch Doubleton style, but I'll assume that doesn't apply here (though it did make it a little easier to open this hand, also knowing that in DD I can show this hand pattern and strength by the 2♦-level on the least favourable auction).

Putting my answers together in a list:

• X, GF takeout
  
• 3♥
  
• 2♥ (minimum with 4 hearts)

[pescetom]

When you say GF takeout, does this imply that now 3♥ by 1NT opener is stronger than 4♥ would have been?

[DavidKok]

No. 3♥ shows four cards, while 4♥ shows five. The double does not require 4-4 in the majors, and we don't want to play in a 4-3 fit usually.

[jillybean]

DavidKok, on 2026-November-08, 05:28, said:

For me the 1♥ is also positive, Dutch Doubleton style, but I'll assume that doesn't apply here (though it did make it a little easier to open this hand, also knowing that in DD I can show this hand pattern and strength by the 2♦-level on the least favourable auction).

Please show this DD auction