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Posted 2024-July-18, 13:18

Idea: Build a system around a strong but limited 1 opening showing

* if unBAL, something like the bottom half of the top half of a standard 1x opening range, and
* if BAL, a hand too strong/weak for 1N/2N, respectively

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Example system

P/2+ = standard
1 = standard rule of 19-ish 1m opening, except "10-15 or 19-21" if unBAL and "11-13" if BAL
...1+ = "T-Walsh"
1 = Limited Strong Diamond: "16-18" if unBAL or "17-19" if BAL
1M = standard rule of 19-ish 1M opening except "10-15 or 19-21" if unBAL and "11-13" if BAL
1N = "14-16 BAL"

Note that Opener cannot have a standard minimum reverse after 1-1y/N or 1-1/N, so one could let the sequence 1-1; 2 correspond to the sequence 1-1; 2 in standard, for example.

There is also less incentive to play Gazzilli over 1M-1/N.

Most or all of the hands that would bid 1x-1y/N; 3x in standard are now in 1, so sequences like

1-[1M-1]; 3m

and

1M-1/N; 3M

could now be played as "19-21" with a one-suited hand. (No need to invent a suit just to create a force opposite a positive hand.)

And Opener cannot have a strong balanced hand after 1x-1y/N or 1M-1/N, either, freeing up sequences like 1-[1M-1]; 2N and and 1M-1/N; 2N.

Yes, the 1 opening is vulnerable to interference, and obviously more so than e.g. a Precision 1 opening.
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