[msjennifer]

Sir,amongst the books passed on to me ,I came across a very good hand where in 2nd position his partner passed holding both vulnerable, S-VOID,H--A76 D-K852,C-K98542 which he passed holding only 10 HCP and a not very decent club suit.Dad opened a discouraging 1S.They were not playing anything like Drury in those days so the bidding went 1S-2C-3C-3D-4C-5C.When the clubs divided 2/1 they scored 12 tricks.This is not a hand constructed by me.I am only describing it as an interesting hand as reported therein.My dad held S-109765 H-K.D-A97 C-A763.on which he opened 1S after three passes.

[gszes]

I hate passing out hands in general. I see small downside and some good upside sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 1s

[joris999]

Easy rule: in 4th hand open if your HP + number of spades is 14 or higher

[BillPatch]

joris999, on 2019-April-05, 19:24, said:

Easy rule: in 4th hand open if your HP + number of spades is 14 or higher

More experts use the Pearson Rule, which is the same except requires 15. (also known as the casino count, or the rule of 15.) But as my good friend Edgar noted in his magazine, "It is more fun to play them."

[mikestar13]

For me a clear opening, but if playing a weak NT, 1NT > 1♠

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

I pass.

Go ahead open, you have the spades, ..., but if you justify this by saying the Pearson Rule is met,
or for that matter with the rule of 20, I suggest, that you please go back to your source and reread
the relevant section. Those justification given those short cut rules a bad name.

If you open light in 2nd, you should pass, if you open sound, in 2nd, 1S becomes a lot more interesting,
even than, I would lean toward pass. I guess, I am getting old.

With kind regards
Marlowe