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jillybean, on 2023-March-07, 15:21, said:
I don't know ACOL but it seems as useful as saying I play SA, or 2/1 with as many variants as there are beers in the bottle store here.
As for Mike's criticism of my 2NT opening, I recognize that it is a piggish hand-hogging distortion and I know one of my biggest faults is to master mind the auction, I feel that I need to tell partner I have a 20-21 hand here. With an unknown partner I do not know if 2♥ would be forcing.
Perhaps until I do stop distorting my hand, I won't find a better partner.
As for Mike's criticism of my 2NT opening, I recognize that it is a piggish hand-hogging distortion and I know one of my biggest faults is to master mind the auction, I feel that I need to tell partner I have a 20-21 hand here. With an unknown partner I do not know if 2♥ would be forcing.
Perhaps until I do stop distorting my hand, I won't find a better partner.
On a related note, one thing I have noticed with beginners is the misuse of the Acol 1NT dustbin bid, which they are taught as showing 6-9 HCP after partner opens 1-suit and unable to bid a suit at the one level. They have a habit of only absorbing the first criteria so when they have 6-9 HCP and partner opens, say, 1D, they respond 1NT because they think they have to immediately show they have a weak hand, even if they have a four card major. One of these two on a later hand responded 1NT to a 1C opening with a 4441 shape because they had 7 HCP.