awm, on 2011-March-30, 10:57, said:
The 2m openings have a rather wide range, and sorting this out may be difficult. For example if I have some 12-count with only doubleton in partner's minor it's not real clear how to bid over 2m. Your 1M openings obviously have the same range, but there you have more space to sort things out (and can play 1NT with two balanced hands and less than game values, which is usually a good partial). I'd have to see a good response structure before I'd be really convinced about 2m here.
Here is what I am currently thinking for the 2m bids and their followups. I am open to suggestions on how to improve this.
2
♣ = 9-14, 5+ clubs, unbalanced, no good quality 4+ card major
.....2
♦ = asking
..........2
♥ = 9-11, 4 poor quality hearts
..........2
♠ = 9-11, 4 poor quality spades
..........2N = 9-11, 4+ diamonds
..........3
♣ = 9-11, 6+ clubs
..........3
♦ = 12-14 points
.....2
♥ = 15+ points, 5+ hearts, GF
.....2
♠ = 15+ points, 5+ spades, GF
.....2N = 15+ points, no 5 card major, GF
2
♦ = 9-14, 5+ diamonds, unbalanced, no good quality 4+ card major
.....2
♥ = asking
..........2
♠ = 9-11, 4 poor quality spades
..........2N = 9-11, 4 poor quality hearts
..........3
♣ = 9-11, 4+ clubs
..........3
♦ = 9-11, 6+ diamonds
..........3
♥ = 12-14 points
.....2
♠ = 15+ points, 5+ spades, GF
.....2N = 15+ points, no 5 card major, GF
.....3
♥ = 15+ points, 5+ hearts, GF