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the other day, my partner was dealer and took a very long time to bid
i had a bust, and sadly i was 4333
he finally opens 2nt
he had some ridiculous number of points but the hand was 4333, i pass an he ends up down 2
once the ordeal was over, he said something like, these were the most miserable 23 hcp i have ever seen
i saw an opp suffer such hand yesterday, here am i with a smaterring of queens and jacks, the opp opens 2c and rebids 3nt
my queens and jacks miraculously made
the poor decalrer was forced at evry lead and we score matchpoints gold at 200
i have a mind to start opening these useless monsters at the one level, a zero is a zero anyway
what do you all say?
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Posted 2010-June-09, 08:55
Free, on 2011-May-10, 03:57, said:
Babalu just wanted a shoulder to cry on, is that too much to ask for?
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Posted 2010-June-09, 09:01
small sample size
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Posted 2010-June-09, 09:03
Increase your bust size obviously 
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Posted 2010-June-09, 09:07
If you got a zero, what did the other pairs open?
Because of reasons like catching partner with a very weak hand when holding 20-21 balanced, it has become quite popular where I play to open 2♣ with 20-21 balanced or a game forcing hand. In reply to 2♣, 2♥ and 2♠ are sign offs against the 20-21 balanced hand. Personally, I don't like this style because I think you too much by now allowing positive responses to 2♣.
Because of reasons like catching partner with a very weak hand when holding 20-21 balanced, it has become quite popular where I play to open 2♣ with 20-21 balanced or a game forcing hand. In reply to 2♣, 2♥ and 2♠ are sign offs against the 20-21 balanced hand. Personally, I don't like this style because I think you too much by now allowing positive responses to 2♣.
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Posted 2010-June-09, 09:15
If you don't like your results opening 2N (or 2♣...2N) with 20+ balanced, check out a strong club system. You'll be able to stop in 1N with most of those hands, and for the rest, well, if you can't make 2N with 24+, the field will be down 1 more.
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Posted 2010-June-09, 09:33
Bende, on Jun 9 2010, 11:07 AM, said:
If you got a zero, what did the other pairs open?
If you can still access those results, it would be good to see what other players did. If the field is in 2N but taking more tricks, then bidding is not the problem.
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Posted 2010-June-09, 09:56
i no longer have to old with partner, but suffice it to say that i believe bad things happen to people who open 2nt.
but here is the recent one where i felt sorry for the opp, all opened 2 clubs many made 3nt +3 we were the only one to set 3nt while others were down in 4s doubled
the ones who made 3nt led the diamond
but here is the recent one where i felt sorry for the opp, all opened 2 clubs many made 3nt +3 we were the only one to set 3nt while others were down in 4s doubled
the ones who made 3nt led the diamond
lead = 8 heart
Free, on 2011-May-10, 03:57, said:
Babalu just wanted a shoulder to cry on, is that too much to ask for?
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