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Posted 2012-June-18, 09:05

Me and my partner are currently trying out Hexagon 2s with some adjustments. This hand came up while playing...

http://tinyurl.com/7x26e6b

- AQT6
- A
- AQ72
- AQ32

A 2 bid promises an ACOL style 2 opening with typically 5+ of the suit if strong. I chose to handle the hand as being balanced although the singleton A was quite an evil card. I downgraded it to a 20-21 NT hand and opened 2D. How would you all handle this hand using Hexagon or a more standard system? Was my treating this as a 20-21 NT a bad choice or should I of chosen to treat it as a strong 5 card diamond hoping for a bid by partner? The hand does need a good bit of support though from partner. Possibly opening 1D would be acceptable as well?
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Posted 2012-June-18, 09:14

Haven't we done this?
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Posted 2012-June-18, 09:33

Thanks for the link, but still interested in what people have to say about this hand. I would rather have the linked hand over this hand any day.
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Posted 2012-June-18, 09:43

The important parts of the link, IMO, were that 4X1 hands suck in the auction and in the play. I would be content to open 1D in a natural system and treat the hand as a maximum unbalanced 1-bid.
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Posted 2012-June-18, 11:47

I would open it as a balanced 22 count
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Posted 2012-June-18, 12:24

View PostEricK, on 2012-June-18, 11:47, said:

I would open it as a balanced 22 count

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Posted 2012-June-18, 13:55

Opening 1 or treating as balanced are both fine. But don't downgrade. If partner has as little as Kxxx in spades, there are nine tricks before even taking a finesse. If there is a nine card fit anywhere your hand is huge. It is closer to an upgrade than a downgrade.
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