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kenrexford, on Dec 10 2007, 12:51 PM, said:
pclayton, on Dec 10 2007, 11:36 AM, said:
kenrexford, on Dec 10 2007, 05:31 AM, said:
pclayton, on Dec 9 2007, 09:51 PM, said:
I think the other hand is closer to a pass than this hand is to an opener.
I think I understand what this means, but I doubt that it is what was meant.
If a pass is 0.000 and a non-pass is 1.000, then 0.100 is closer to a pass than 0.750 is to an opener.
That would suggest that opening this hand makes more sense than opening the other hand. Was this meant?
What Justin said.
With KQ KQ bla bla, Passing is 100 and bidding is 40.
With bla bla KQ KQ, Bidding is 100 and passing is 70.
"The other hand" was the blah-blah KQ-KQ hand. You call that that hand is "70" for passing.
"This hand" was the KQ-KQ-blah-blah hand. You call that hand "40" for bidding.
You then say that "the other hand," a 70 for passing, is farther from a pass than "this hand," a 40 for bidding, is to an opener.
Because 70 is greater than 40, I think you have this backwards.
By passing both you score 170, by opening both you score 140. So better to pass the opener (the hand with both majors) than to open the passer (both minors).