My name is Chris Donnelly and I am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA.I only started playing Bridge in early 2019, so am pretty new to the game but absolutely love it, have begun to devote a good deal of time to it when I am not busy with my political science duties, and try to study and play as much as I can.
The Bridge teacher/mentor with whom I work primarily is Juan Felipe Cuervo, from whom I have learned and continue to learn a great deal about the game.
By way of my formal educational background, I received a B.A. in Political Science from Vanderbilt University in 2008, as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California-Davis in 2015 and 2017, respectively.
Read more »Suppose further that you do not have a four-card major.
Playing 2/1, would you open this hand 1♣ just so that you can make a 2♦ reverse bid later to show your strength or would you just open your longer minor (♦)?
I ask because I was dealt such a hand the other day. I chose to open 1♣ so I could reverse but was curious what others think and why.
Note that this is the opposite of a more common dilemma that I did a poll on previously (https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/if-5-4-in-c-d-what-bid-do-you-open-with/), which is when you're 5-4 in ♣-♦ but are too weak to reverse.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
UPDATE: I now realize (before any comments even went up) that I easily could just bid diamonds and then make a jump-rebid in clubs. So actually, my view is I was wrong to open to 1♣. Oops! If moderators want to junk this post, that's fine by me. :-/
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