Posted 2012-April-15, 23:28
It is a perfect 3♦ overcall to me, 3♦ describes the number of my diamonds, strength of my hand much better than 2♦ and it has preemptive effect on opponents. Sementa choosed 2♦ for whatever reason he had in his mind.
I make such 2/1 overcalls with 8 hcp too, a lot, but my reason is usually i have a 6 card suit that i dont want to jump to 3 level, or when pd is coming from pass. But i see this hand as close to perfect 3♦ overcall.
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