I recently played with a very good player who prefers to open huge but awkward shape hands at the one level. This leaves 2 available for the real monsters of the more straightforward variety. If you look at the deal on March 25th you will see a big hand that I decided was worth 2, whereas my partner would have preferred me to open 1.
In today's deal, West had a similar dilemma about an opening bid. Next Page
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