paging omar sharif
so what do you do when you have 20 points, a balanced hand, and no five-card major? well, i personally open with my four-card minor and hope we get around to finding a fit somewhere. but last night we sure didn't. first paul had that hand and ended up playing in 2d, woefully underbid. then i had it and actually ended up playing in 1c -- my partner had no points in her hand.
there's gotta be a better way. but what is it?