[hautbois]

In an unusual pair of sessions I held 3 hands with 5♠ and 5m. I know some players will always open 1♠. I'm looking for the criteria used if you would sometimes open 1m.

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Additionally, what would you do if South opens 1♥ or 2♥?

[Cyberyeti]

I held almost exactly the third hand on a previous occasion but without the short suit A and overcalled diamonds, ending the auction. This gained in a very amusing way, I drew trumps, played a spade towards dummy's Qx and this went K small A Opps were not having a good set, it was the 3rd time they crashed the ♠AK in 8 boards and this was at a reasonable level.

We take an unusual approach, with ♠/♦ we always open ♠, with ♠/♣ we open ♣ on a couple of specific hand types. This is in a weak NT 4M context.

1♣-1red-2♠ = 2 good suits, not a great hand (we play a 1♠ rebid as forcing unless you didn't really have a response)
1♣-1red-1♠-?-2♠ = big 5-5

[dake50]

Now ask if your partner would raise the rebid spades with
Sxx, SJx, SQx, Sxxx, SJxx, SQxx or how much better???
When does S-rebid promise 5xS; when 4xS?
Further, would opponents overcall 2H over 1S to match the 1H over 1C?
1S does have some preemptive value. Does this shape/strength
warrant letting opponents in easy over 1C?
And some deterrent value: what sense to overcalling the boss suit
when they simply choose the same level S-bid or defend.