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posted by [personal profile] emperor at 04:44pm on 10/01/2012
Acol-style strong twos (as used here) are somewhat weaker (and therefore more common) than a 2C hand.
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posted by [identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com at 05:34pm on 10/01/2012
Sorry, I didn't mean to say every strong 2 could be translated into a strong 2C, but rather most people don't seem to feel the lack of an intermediate level between "ok to open at the one level" and "open as 2C" if they're playing weak 2s.

Reminding myself from google, it looks your system is very much based on standard acol, even when it wasn't what I expected (I was nominally taught ACOL for a little, but now I'm much more familiar with the specifics of what SGO and UBC people play, and no longer really remember any of the details), so anything I don't understand I shouldn't attribute to you :)
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posted by [identity profile] robert-jones.livejournal.com at 09:49pm on 10/01/2012
I usually play 2C as indicating an ACOL 2 in any suit, and 2D as indicating an ACOL 2C, leaving 2H and 2S free to be weak bids. This is called Benjamin, and seemed to be hugely popular among club players a few years ago.

I think strong 2s are more natural, and therefore simpler to learn, though.
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