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Posted Yesterday, 22:44

IMP vul. versus not


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Posted Yesterday, 23:40

1NT
Planning on rebidding 2NT over 2C or 2S
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Posted Yesterday, 23:43

View Postmike777, on 2026-May-08, 23:40, said:

1NT
Planning on rebidding 2NT over 2C or 2S

forcing , I hope
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Posted Yesterday, 23:49

 jillybean, on 2026-May-08, 23:43, said:

forcing , I hope

If partner passes 1NT, we are in the best spot
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Posted Today, 01:35

1NT, semi-forcing in modern parlance.

I think we open lighter than most, but our mantra is that an opening bid opposite an opening bid means that we can sometimes make one no trump.
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Posted Today, 01:56

Uneasy decision.

One one hand, we are red at IMPs, we have 2 aces (and a possible working Q).

OTOH, our suit is inexistant, we have a sg in partner s suit, we are min to force to game.

More info is required to assess whether or not we should be in game.

So we need a bid to force partner tell us more while not committing to game.

If playing non-GF 2/1, we can bid 2D and propose 2NT next. Showing some kind of 11-12 hand.

If playing 2-1 GF, 1NT(SF) seems to work well. Partner will pass a 5332 nondescript 12-13 and with hands probably not meshing well, 3NT rates to be a poor contract; scoring -100/-200 much more often than +600. If partner rebids something, we can re assess 2NT (or maybe 3D over 2D, 3S over 2S and of course 4H over 2H and fingers crossed).
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Posted Today, 03:04

Take your pick.
I've played 1N, 2 GI & 2 5+ GI Ambra style on various occasions.
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