{"id":224,"date":"2014-11-17T12:39:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T17:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/?p=224"},"modified":"2014-11-17T12:39:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T17:39:19","slug":"williamsburg-two-diamond-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Williamsburg&#8221; Two Diamond Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my regular partnership with Tom Smith we play an interesting Roman-style three-suited 2D opener with a broad range, 11-20 HCP. \u00a0This seems to have a few adherents in the Virginia Peninsula Unit 110. \u00a0When the hand has 11-15 HCP then the opener guarantees one of his suits is spades. \u00a0A typical auction goes 2D &#8211; 2H (artificial asking bid) &#8211; 2S with a minimum, non-forcing &#8211; 2NT &#8220;Where&#8217;s your shortness&#8221;, etc. \u00a0We&#8217;ve had some good results with it but we&#8217;ve also had a few bad ones. \u00a0When we started playing it we didn&#8217;t have any real agreements on how to cope with interference. \u00a0So, for the approximately 4 of us that play it, here&#8217;s what Tom and I designed in competition:<\/p>\n<p>Direct interference over 2D:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2D-(X):\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0P: \u00a0Penalty pass in D<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0XX: replaces the 2H ask<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02H or 2S starts a scramble.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0NT bids are natural<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2D-(2H or 2 S natural):\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0P: &lt;8 HCP<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0X: Negative, 8+ HCP, opener responds as if responder had made the 2H ask<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0New Suit Bids: Natural, invitational<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cuebids: Game forcing, Stayman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2D &#8211; (2NT natural): \u00a0X is penalty oriented<\/li>\n<li>Negative doubles over 3C and 3D overcalls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interference over the 2H asking bid:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2D-(P)-2H-(X):\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0P: \u00a0\u00a011-15,<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02S: 11-15, short in H<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0XX: Big hand with 4H, willing to play 2H-XX in a 4-3 fit. \u00a0Later X are for penalty<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03H: Big hand short in H<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2D-(P)-2H-(2S\/3C\/3D\/3H natural):\n<ul>\n<li>X is max with 4 in that suit<\/li>\n<li>Next suit is max short in that suit<\/li>\n<li>Pass is min<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I still think that the two sub-ranges 11-15 and 16-20 are a bit too broad. \u00a0One idea is to use a dual range, something like 11-14 or 18-21. \u00a0With 15-17 open in one of your suits and rebid another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my regular partnership with Tom Smith we play an interesting Roman-style three-suited 2D opener with a broad range, 11-20 HCP. \u00a0This seems to have a few adherents in the Virginia Peninsula Unit 110. \u00a0When the hand has 11-15 HCP&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/?p=224\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225,"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions\/225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bigfootbridge.club\/bigfootbridge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}