Boring Club - The 1NT Opening

The 1NT Opening

In boring club, the unbalanced hands that in a natural system would have been opened 1♣, get opened with a forcing 1NT opening. The following responses apply:

1NT - ??

2♣: 0-10 hcp, not necessarily ♣-support

2♦: no five card major, 10+ hcp

2♥: 5+♥, 10+ hcp

2♠: 5+♠, 10+ hcp

2NT: ♣-fit, 10+ hcp

3♣: ♣-fit, weak (5-9 hcp)