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officeglen, on Jan 5 2007, 10:01 PM, said:
Winstonm, on Jan 5 2007, 09:56 PM, said:
however, if opener is known to be of the more "sound" type and his partner holds something like: QJx, Kxx, Kxx, xxxx he is much more apt to pass and take his plus in 2S?
Which person is passing: the person with the sound opening, a ♥ fit, a singleton ♠, and that does not know responder is a 3-3-3-4?
All I am saying is that better players have reasons to bid - we can all create hands, but give opener a basic hand like: Jx, AQxxx, Q10x, KJx and he will pass 2S back to his partner. If he has, x, AQxxx, Q10xxx, Ax, he will bid. Either way he has done just fine.
We might as well talk about responder - reponder will bid 3H when he has reason - something like xx, Kxxx, AQxx, xxx but would pass with QJx, xxx, Kxx, Kxxx.
Just because we elect to compete doesn't mean the opponents are brain dead.
They get to use their eyes and ears and judge what is best for their side, as well.Like I said, the best argument in my mind for bidding 2S is that on some occasions this would goad opps into 3H which goes set; however, in my views this will not happen often enough to offset the increased minuses the bid will cause.
However, this is my opinion only, as some awfully good players (Justin and MikeH) are bidders, so there is an infentesimal chance I may be wrong.
