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Cyberyeti, on 2026-May-10, 11:44, said:
If you're going to open 2♣ on that sort of hand, at least rebid 3♠ and set the suit, partner cues 4♥, you know you have no club control and you play 4♠.
Similar mistake that I made in the OP
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Posted Yesterday, 11:50
Similar mistake that I made in the OP
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jillybean, on 2026-May-10, 11:50, said:
Similar mistake that I made in the OP
Another problem with opening 2C with a minor hand - you can't "jump" to 3 over partner's response to set trumps.
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mikeh, on 2026-May-09, 06:19, said:
Pull a stunt like opening 2C with this hand, and get a good result against me and the TD is being called and you can kiss that good result away. I’d probably call even if you got the bad result a 2C opener deserves because I trust do not like players who take illegal actions.
If you are referring to this hand
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this was the hand
5,void,A742,AKQ98632
5,void,A742,AKQ98632
That actually meets the requirements for a very strong hand under the ACBL Convention Chart snippet I posted earlier, so OK to open a strong 2♣.
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“Very Strong”: A hand that contains:
i. at least 20 HCP; or
ii. at least 14 HCP and is within one trick of game assuming suits break evenly among the other hands; or
iii. at least 5 Control Points and is within one trick of game assuming suits break evenly among the other hands.
i. at least 20 HCP; or
ii. at least 14 HCP and is within one trick of game assuming suits break evenly among the other hands; or
iii. at least 5 Control Points and is within one trick of game assuming suits break evenly among the other hands.
Under iii, this hand has 5 control points, and has 10 tricks, 8 club tricks, ♦A, and the 4th diamond is a trick assuming the suit breaks evenly, which is 3=3=3 among the other 3 hands. 10 tricks is within 1 trick of a 5♣ game according to the convention charts.
Even something like
AKQJxxxx
J
x
QJ10
or
AKQxxxxxx
Q
Q
J10
meets the requirement for very strong under ii.