[Glamdring]

Recently I stumbled upon smth like a system, only very simplified. Here it is::

Opening:

*1 ♣ - 11-14 hcp, balanced (3-3-3-4, 3-3-4-4,.)
*1 ♦ - 11-14 hcp, domination honor power + length in ♠ and one minor suit.
*1 ♥ - 11-14 hcp, domination honor power + length in ♥ and one minor suit.
*1 ♠ - 11-14 hcp, same, but for the both majors
*1 NT - 15-17 hcp, balanced hand.
*2 ♣ - 18-21 hcp, balanced hand.
*On 2nd and 3rd level for the remainin suits the situation is the same as on 1st level, but with more hcp (i.e. 2nd - 15-18, 3rd - 19-22)

Response
- of 1 ♣:
*1 NT - below 6 hcp
* The same rules as for an opener for 1st lvl, but with 8-10 hcp
* The same rules as for an opener for 2st lvl, but with 11-14 hcp (i.e. 22-28 hcp in the team)

- of 1 NT
*pass - below 3 hcp
*The same rules as for an opener for 1st lvl, but with 5-8 hcp
*The same rules as for an opener for 2nd lvl, but with 9-12 hcp

- of 1 ♦, ♥, ♥
*2nd level suit - in case of length in a suit, where the opener has demonstrated strength, 6-9 hcp.
*3rd level suit - in case of length in a suit, where the opener has demonstrated strength, 10-13 hcp.

Using this the partners should have found their long suit after the reponse (or at least a suit with 7 cards and good honors) and how many hcp does the team have

The contract is assigned
*from the opener, in case his bid has been ♦,♥ or ♥
*from the responder, in case the opener's bid has been ♣ or NT

In case there is an interference from an oponent:
*"double" means that the reponder's bid is the same as the interferer's
* next level bid - if the bid of the responder is lower suit than the interferer's one

The pros and cons:

Cons:
- I sense this "system" does not cover many situations, and this may often lead to misunderstandings between the partners
- there are no rules for assigning a slam game (a blackwood may be added, for ex.)

Pros:
- It is very simple and can be useful for the "neighbourhood cafe" or some non-pretending players (like me)



Comments?

[Free]

seems like rubish. Btw, what do you do with 3-suited hands?

[MickyB]

Yes, it does sound rubbish. Your 1♣ opener is very underused, and your higher level openings won't leave enough room for investigation. Can't see anything mentioning hands with both minors either.

[david_c]

MickyB, on Oct 9 2005, 10:31 AM, said:

Yes, it does sound rubbish. Your 1♣ opener is very underused,

It's more frequent than you might think, because you're opening 1♣ with 3-3-4-4 shape. Most standard systems don't deal with this shape very effectively at all.

[luke warm]

david_c, on Oct 9 2005, 08:05 AM, said:

MickyB, on Oct 9 2005, 10:31 AM, said:

Yes, it does sound rubbish. Your 1♣ opener is very underused,

It's more frequent than you might think, because you're opening 1♣ with 3-3-4-4 shape. Most standard systems don't deal with this shape very effectively at all.

i'd think 2/1 playing weak nt handles it ok

[Blofeld]

Really? I thought 2/1 was better geared towards describing the 13-card hands.

Of course, the defence to a strong club where you let your partner know how many cards you have (pass = 0-9, x = 10, 1♦ = 11, etc.] comes into its own on hands like this, but even then it isn't describing shape with its first call.