Source:
Superaccepting over 1NT
I recommend that
opener almost always superaccept with the cheapest available step, 1NT-P-
2![Diamond Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif)
-P-
2![Spade Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/s.gif)
or 1NT-P-
2![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
-P-2NT; I feel it’s more important to leave responder room to show his second suit for game or slam exploration, than for opener to waste the whole 3-level to shut out an overcall.
I wouldn’t mind playing the cheapest step as my only superaccept. Most of my partners want me to do more than that, so I reluctantly agree to show a side worthless doubleton as opener if I have one.
There’s one further refinement I think is important. Notice that over 1NT-P-
2![Diamond Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif)
, when opener bids
2![Spade Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/s.gif)
, 2NT, or
3![club suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c.gif)
, there is room for responder to “retransfer” (force opener to be declarer) with a
3![Diamond Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif)
rebid. Over 1NT-P-
2![Diamond Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif)
-P-
3![Diamond Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif)
and 1NT-P-
2![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
-P-
3![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
there isn’t. I play the “3M-1” superaccept as
a superaccepting hand with no tenaces, like:
Jxxx
Axxx
AKx
Ax.
If reponder holds any stray K-J or Q-T combinations, the lead should come up to
his hand.
Therefore, my complete superaccept system over 1NT-P-
2![Diamond Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/d.gif)
:
- 2
Any hand without 4-card support, and any 4-3-3-3 hand.
- 2
Any hand with 4-card support, not qualified for one of the higher superaccepts.
- 2NT 4-card support, x-x in spades.
- 3
4-card support, x-x in clubs.
- 3
4-card support, no tenaces, forcing responder to be declarer.
- 3
4-card support, x-x in diamonds.
Similarly over 1NT-P-
2![Heart Suit](http://youth.worldbridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/h.gif)
:
- 2
Any hand without 4-card support, and any 4-3-3-3 hand.
- 2NT Any hand with 4-card support, not qualified for one of the higher superaccepts.
- 3
4-card support, x-x in clubs.
- 3
4-card support, x-x in diamonds.
- 3
4-card support, no tenaces, forcing responder to be declarer.
- 3
4-card support, x-x in hearts.
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