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we are dealer and have
♠ J 7 5 4
♥A K 6 5 3
♦A 5 3
♣ J
we have 13 points and a void. we are first to act. what should we bid and why? we dont have a balanced hand (i could be wrong) and in acol if we have 12-14 points and a balanced hand we should open with 1NT. (i could be wrong too on this).
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Posted 2018-April-21, 02:33
You don't have a void, a void is no cards in a suit, you have at least one card in each suit.
You open 1♥ (your longest suit) showing something like 11-19 points and at least 4 hearts. It is normal if your hand is in that sort of range and unbalanced that you will open 1 of your longest suit. If you have 2 5 card suits you open the higher although there is some disagreement as to what you do with both black suits, old fashioned Acol opens clubs, most people open spades.
If partner responds 1♠, you bid 2♠, if he bids 1N you pass, if he responds 2 of a minor you will bid 2♥, if he bids 2♥ you will pass.
You open 1♥ (your longest suit) showing something like 11-19 points and at least 4 hearts. It is normal if your hand is in that sort of range and unbalanced that you will open 1 of your longest suit. If you have 2 5 card suits you open the higher although there is some disagreement as to what you do with both black suits, old fashioned Acol opens clubs, most people open spades.
If partner responds 1♠, you bid 2♠, if he bids 1N you pass, if he responds 2 of a minor you will bid 2♥, if he bids 2♥ you will pass.
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Posted 2018-May-04, 22:17
terminology you need to know
balanced hand any 4333 4432 5332
semi balanced 5422
three suited any 4441 5440
two suited any two suits with 5+ cards also included are 5431 hands
void no cards in a suit (there can be more than 1 void in your hand) !S AKQJT !H AKQJT98 !D void !C void (dont hold your breath waiting for this hand to appear)
singleton 1 card in a suit (there can be more than 1 singleton in your hand) you will also see a singleton referred to as "stiff"
doubleton 2 cards in a suit (there can be more than 1 doubleton in your hand)
bridge hand distribution is normally told by suit length in the order of spades hearts diamonds clubs thus a hand like !S AK7654 !H !D Q !C KQ5432 is described as AKsixth void stiff Q KQsixth
balanced hand any 4333 4432 5332
semi balanced 5422
three suited any 4441 5440
two suited any two suits with 5+ cards also included are 5431 hands
void no cards in a suit (there can be more than 1 void in your hand) !S AKQJT !H AKQJT98 !D void !C void (dont hold your breath waiting for this hand to appear)
singleton 1 card in a suit (there can be more than 1 singleton in your hand) you will also see a singleton referred to as "stiff"
doubleton 2 cards in a suit (there can be more than 1 doubleton in your hand)
bridge hand distribution is normally told by suit length in the order of spades hearts diamonds clubs thus a hand like !S AK7654 !H !D Q !C KQ5432 is described as AKsixth void stiff Q KQsixth
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Posted 2018-May-05, 06:59
gszes, on 2018-May-04, 22:17, said:
terminology you need to know
balanced hand any 4333 4432 5332
semi balanced 5422
three suited any 4441 5440
two suited any two suits with 5+ cards also included are 5431 hands
balanced hand any 4333 4432 5332
semi balanced 5422
three suited any 4441 5440
two suited any two suits with 5+ cards also included are 5431 hands
The modern tendency is to consider 5332 balanced, but technically it is semi-balanced and single suited, like 6322.
Similarly 5422 is semi-balanced but also two suited.
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