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When should someone make a minimum bid over a takeout double with 8 or more high card points?
I have too much strength to underbid as much as suggested.
The first hand has two aces. We may easily belong in 3NT, playing against a single opponent and those aces mean that we have the entries to ...
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What could 1NT mean opposite a partner's takeout double?
Your proposed solution of bidding 1NT was wrong. That would have been descriptive of your shape, but would have misled partner into thinking that you have a stopper in spades when you don't, and when ...
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When should someone make a minimum bid over a takeout double with 8 or more high card points?
On the first hand:
I've got three high card tricks on the first three tricks of two (likely) flat suits. That's always worth 9 points, so no re-evaluation ever pushes me below that.
Vulnerable vs Not ...
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When should someone make a minimum bid over a takeout double with 8 or more high card points?
Not sure about seven, but the big concern in the earlier question was the 4-3-3-3 opposite a takeout double. Two flat hands and no more than 7 card fit likely plus the AQJ in diamonds being so ...
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Why is the rationale for requiring a minimum 5-4 distribution for an "unusual" 2NT overcall?
A holding of 5-4 in two suits is considered a "two suited" hand. So is a holding of 6-4, and also 5-5.
So 4 cards is considered a sufficient holding in a "second" suit. But it is ...
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Why is the rationale for requiring a minimum 5-4 distribution for an "unusual" 2NT overcall?
The convention chart document that you were reading is in no way a suggestion of how conventions should be played, or even necessarily a description of conventions that are actually played. Instead, ...
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How should I choose which game to bid with this strong but misfit hand?
Go for 3NT.
The obvious misfit is disconcerting, but the sheer high card strength makes up for it.(And this matters less in a no trump contract.) You have solid club strength, substantial heart ...
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