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Subject: Re: Would you open 2C?
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In article <26e30447-021e-4371-8cea-c2febc1cf573@googlegroups.com>,
Bertil <stigfjor...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> As dealer you look at AKQJ7--AQ--AJT--986. 
> Does it qualify for a 2C opening bid in ACBL-land?
> It has 6 LTC but only 4.5 QT.
> 
> Bertil
> USA

No, I would not even think of opening that hand 2C. I wouldn't open it
2NT, either, due to it having two flaws...a good five-card major and an
unstopped suit. It's a 1S opening bid in my methods, and in those of
the people with whom I play.

-- 
Dennis Cohen