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Jlall, on Sep 25 2007, 03:35 PM, said:
I'll try and add something useful rather than making another joke; more and more I am believing in treating competitive bidding as the primary concern on this type of hand and pretty much forgetting about slams.
Yes obviously we make a slam opposite very little when we have this hand but we can't always find it since our hand is impossible to describe and because the opps are usually jumping around themselves anyways. It seems more important to me to jam the auction up and try and shut out the opps or lure them into going for a number with bad breaks, or whatever. I think the best way to "describe this" is an opening 4 bid showing a very offensive hand with a long good suit.
It's totally possible I have gone too far with this concept and I will just lose too much long term by opening 4H a la joe grue, but this doesn't hit my cut off. The argument that I will always disagree with is that opening 4H ends in us having the last guess often, and is not a good thing to do for that reason, and that opening 1H will let us find the information we need to determine what to do over the "inevitable" 5m. I really think that's bogus.
Yes obviously we make a slam opposite very little when we have this hand but we can't always find it since our hand is impossible to describe and because the opps are usually jumping around themselves anyways. It seems more important to me to jam the auction up and try and shut out the opps or lure them into going for a number with bad breaks, or whatever. I think the best way to "describe this" is an opening 4 bid showing a very offensive hand with a long good suit.
It's totally possible I have gone too far with this concept and I will just lose too much long term by opening 4H a la joe grue, but this doesn't hit my cut off. The argument that I will always disagree with is that opening 4H ends in us having the last guess often, and is not a good thing to do for that reason, and that opening 1H will let us find the information we need to determine what to do over the "inevitable" 5m. I really think that's bogus.
Although I spend ridiculous hours thinking about ridiculously obscure slam approach auctions (shocker?), I agree with the sentiment on this hand. Blast and pray for fun.
I bet I defend 4♠ surprisingly often.