[FrancesHinden]

I open 1C and show it as a balanced minimum
I'd rather pass then open 1D and rebid 2C
If you force me to open 1C and rebid 2C I'd still rather pass, but it's closer.

[Cyberyeti]

Kaitlyn S, on 2016-October-08, 09:48, said:

If you don't open, the opponents have little chance of reaching 4S, in fact, unless your partner opens a 5-card weak two bid in third, the deal will likely be passed out.

I would open a 4th seat 1♠ every day of the week. Rule of 15 compliant.

[fourdad]

Pass

[SteveMoe]

Kaitlyn S, on 2016-October-08, 10:01, said:

When I played Precision, that auction showed 2+D and 5+C. However, it presented a problem when the auction went 1D (1S) P or Dbl (2S); now I have to bid 3C or ignore the clubs.

We play rebidding 2♣ shows 9(+) cards in the minors either way. With 2 or 3=5 we make some other call.

Even so, I would tend to pass in seats 1 and 2. Seat 3, well..

[rmnka447]

The hand meets the Rule of 20.

It does have 2 QT. So I'd open it 1 ♣.

But over a 1 M response, I'm rebidding 2 ♣. Bidding 1 ♦ and rebidding 2 ♣ with such a strong ♣ suit misdescribes the hand. 2 ♣ limits the hand and avoids some potential pitfalls of a 1 NT rebid (NMF?) that may push you too high.

[Zelandakh]

Put me down with the 1♣->1NT crowd, with 1♣->2♣ being my second choice. Unlike some of the other 1♣ openers I am not fundamentally against opening 1♦ with 4♦-5♣ but in natural it is (imho) better to save that for hands where the club suit is weaker than this and the diamond suit stronger.

[rhm]

I bet that very few know that 2-2=5-4, where the numbers left of the equal sign denote majors and right of it minors, is the worst possible distribution for game chances.
It is worse than holding 3-3=4-3.
In other words opening a borderline hand with the above distribution risks partner getting you too high.
So much for the rule of 20.

Rainer Herrmann

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