David Babcock wrote:
> Matchpoints, white/red, RHO deals and p*****. You are playing 15-17
> 1NT. For an auction 1m:1M:1NT, you have a version of 2-way checkback
> where 2C forces 2D. You hold
>
> Kx AJ KT9xxx Kxx
>
> Question 1. Do you open 1D or 1NT ?
1D - I'm not completely against 1N openings with a 6-card suit, but with
my
luck if I open 1N, we end up in three and they take 5 or 6 spades, and
that
Kx turns out not to be any kind of stopper at all.
> Suppose you open 1D. Pard replies 1H. Opps are passing throughout.
>
> Question 2: Do you rebid 1NT or 2D?
>
2D - it didn't get any better in NT
> Suppose you rebid 1NT. Pard now bids 2C, you dutifully bid 2D, and
> pard bids 2H, showing, in your dialect, exactly 5 hearts,
> invitational, and saying nothing else about shape.
>
> What do you bid?
Pass - I have a minimum, he's only invited, and I have no problem letting
him play in a (good) seven card fit at the two level. Wtp?
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