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Why does everyone not use "Marathon Bids" to discuss on BBF?

#1 User is offline   lycier 

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Posted 2015-December-15, 20:00

Hello everyone :

I noticed that it seems rare people use "Marathon Bids" from Eric Rodwell 2/1,would you tell me the reasons?
Thank you.
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Posted 2015-December-15, 20:43

I had to google the term, but it seems to me as if just about everyone who plays 2/1 employs them. To what effect may vary, but the idea is there. It just seems to me like asking why not many open 1C with AQxxx AKx Axxx x.
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Posted 2015-December-15, 20:51

This terminology was invented by Rodwell (presumably to teach new players) and is not a term most of us learned/use when discussing 2/1 (we use the term "game forcing"). The system itself is nonetheless identical.
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Posted 2015-December-17, 07:46

What is it? From my google results it is nothing more than GF bids.
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Posted 2015-December-17, 09:36

View Postlycier, on 2015-December-15, 20:00, said:

I noticed that it seems rare people use "Marathon Bids" from Eric Rodwell 2/1,would you tell me the reasons?

Everyone uses them. We just don't call them that.
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