Comment on Board 5 game: 2022-01-11 RealBridge LOP Assisted Play Duplicate
Board 5 |  K9832 K4 AQ3 872 |
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| QJ AQJ832 K6 K65 |  | 105 7 J7542 AQ1093 | Double Dummy Solv:Bo Haglund
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| A764 10965 1098 J4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West | North | East | South |
| 1S | Pass | 2S | |
| 3H | All pass |
It must be right to raise spades with 4 cards even with only 5 points. West must not be put off bidding as 3H will be a good save and might even make. The vulnerability is a factor - when you are not vulnerable you can be more aggressive overcalling because the pain if the contract fails is lower.
RULES:
You need 6HCP to respond to partner's opening UNLESS you have genuinely compensating extras.
Sarah:
There are two schools of thought about opening 5 card majors 1nt. you and partner need to do the same thing. and generally the question that decides it, is what will your rebid be. if you are ok with bidding 1s 2 spades if not 3h (see bd4), then great. Otherwise open 1NT.