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Posted 2012-October-12, 17:33
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Posted 2012-October-12, 19:16
A good rule of thumb when asking bids do not work is that screaming will awaken thoughtful partners. In other words, at some point maybe a good old fashioned 5H quantative invite will work?
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Posted 2012-October-13, 09:04
So PhilKing wants to bid 4C, a nice gadget that shows 'exactly' this hand. Ken wants to bid 2D, which systemically may be a super-strong hand with 4-card support. Cyberyeti wants to bid an artificial 2NT. TwoForBridge wants to bid an artificial 2S.
I can short-circuit all of this and say that obviously you are playing T-Walsh, what's the problem:
1C - 1D (hearts)
2NT (artificial heart raise) -
etc etc
But none of this is very helpful in the 'natural bidding discussion' forum.
I can short-circuit all of this and say that obviously you are playing T-Walsh, what's the problem:
1C - 1D (hearts)
2NT (artificial heart raise) -
etc etc
But none of this is very helpful in the 'natural bidding discussion' forum.
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Posted 2012-October-13, 09:50
FrancesHinden, on 2012-October-13, 09:04, said:
But none of this is very helpful in the 'natural bidding discussion' forum.
I could have suggested opening a strong 1♣ too but considered it even more unhelpful.
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Posted 2012-October-13, 10:37
I'm dying to see partner's hand .
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Posted 2012-October-13, 18:50
FrancesHinden, on 2012-October-13, 09:04, said:
So PhilKing wants to bid 4C, a nice gadget that shows 'exactly' this hand. Ken wants to bid 2D, which systemically may be a super-strong hand with 4-card support. Cyberyeti wants to bid an artificial 2NT. TwoForBridge wants to bid an artificial 2S.
I can short-circuit all of this and say that obviously you are playing T-Walsh, what's the problem:
1C - 1D (hearts)
2NT (artificial heart raise) -
etc etc
But none of this is very helpful in the 'natural bidding discussion' forum.
I can short-circuit all of this and say that obviously you are playing T-Walsh, what's the problem:
1C - 1D (hearts)
2NT (artificial heart raise) -
etc etc
But none of this is very helpful in the 'natural bidding discussion' forum.
Perhaps we should be limited to discussing non-forcing natural bids, Stayman and The Old Black.
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Posted 2012-October-17, 13:40
Hi,
1C, the problem with 2C is, that you just postpone the decision, of course
knowing that partner did respond to the 1C opening makes the decision to
open 1C easier.
Over 1H, I will bid 3S, I will follow up with a quantitative invite of 5H,
if partner bids 4H.
RKCB wont help us, we have the Key cards, we need to find out, if partner is
broke or not.
I am not going to force to slam, those who force, should ask themself, how light
they are responding to a 1 level opener, there were heated discussions, if one
could always assume 6+, when partner makes a simple 1 level response to a 1 level
opener.
With kind regards
Marlowe
1C, the problem with 2C is, that you just postpone the decision, of course
knowing that partner did respond to the 1C opening makes the decision to
open 1C easier.
Over 1H, I will bid 3S, I will follow up with a quantitative invite of 5H,
if partner bids 4H.
RKCB wont help us, we have the Key cards, we need to find out, if partner is
broke or not.
I am not going to force to slam, those who force, should ask themself, how light
they are responding to a 1 level opener, there were heated discussions, if one
could always assume 6+, when partner makes a simple 1 level response to a 1 level
opener.
With kind regards
Marlowe
With kind regards
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)
Uwe Gebhardt (P_Marlowe)