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In my previous post, I described this highly unusual hand:

AQTxxx
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AKT9xxx

After 3 passes to me, I chose to open 1C (natural) rather than 2C (strong).
On a different deal yesterday, I had another strong highly distributional hand:

AKQJxxx
AJTxx
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x

This one I chose to open 2C. I’m sure that there are players who would advocate 2C on both hands, and some who wouldn’t bid 2C on either one. Why did I “mix and match”?
In terms of playing strength, both hands are incredibly strong. The key difference between the hands lies in suit quality.
In the first hand I have …read more

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Playing in the Atlanta regional today, my partner held this hand (IMPS, all vulnerable, 2nd seat.):

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