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RE: Responding to the weak nt with a weak hand and a 5 card major.
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Alvin Bluthman
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Aug 11, 2007 12:04 PDT
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jerome keslin wrote:
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Hi,
I'd like to know what tactic the list uses when their partner opens 1nt
and they have a 5 card major with a weak hand, say less than 6 points
I assume that the majority play transfers but maybe I am wrong.
Do they recommend bidding immediately taking the risk that partner may
superaccept and get them to the 3 level, or do they lie low and escape
only if and when the doubling starts?
Are superaccepts recommended when playing the weak nt?
Jerome Keslin
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Kaplan did not usually play transfers over his weak NT (except when
partnering Oswald Jacoby). A technical objection to transfers is simply
that it gives the opener's RHO the opportunity to double the transfer or
to bid the transferee suit - which may occur more often over weak NTs
than strong. Moreover, superaccepts are risky, as they raise the
auction. Many modern partnerships - including my own KS partnersip with
George Semos - are willing to accept these drawbacks in order to gain
the advantages of transfers, and we are careful to superaccept only with
a supermaximum opening.
Alvin P. Bluthman
apblu-@aol.com
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