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Poll: What now? (23 member(s) have cast votes)

What now?

  1. 6C (6 votes [26.09%])

    Percentage of vote: 26.09%

  2. Pass (7 votes [30.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 30.43%

  3. DBL (10 votes [43.48%])

    Percentage of vote: 43.48%

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#21 User is offline   Cascade 

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Posted 2008-March-18, 20:21

jdeegan, on Mar 19 2008, 02:03 PM, said:

:rolleyes: 6♣
To me this is a LOTT calculation. They have 11 spades. We have 9 clubs. I am looking at a void. We have a secondary 8 card diamond fit. All this adds up to 22 tricks. Of course, the LOTT doesn't always pan out, and bidding 6♣ will not always win, but any other bid violates the LOTT, and 6♣ should be the winning percentage bid.

Sorry but I have never ever made a bid because of the LOTT.

A slam needs much more than a certain number of trumps even when it is bid as a sacrifice.
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Posted 2008-March-19, 01:20

Cascade, on Mar 19 2008, 11:21 AM, said:

Sorry but I have never ever made a bid because of the LOTT.

A slam needs much more than a certain number of trumps even when it is bid as a sacrifice.

But he gave some reasons:

1. a Void.
2. a secondary fit.

So together with th LOTT these are reasons to bid 6 Club.
You may say that the reasons for passing are bigger, but his points are valid.
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Posted 2008-March-19, 03:20

Codo, on Mar 19 2008, 08:20 PM, said:

Cascade, on Mar 19 2008, 11:21 AM, said:

Sorry but I have never ever made a bid because of the LOTT.

A slam needs much more than a certain number of trumps even when it is bid as a sacrifice.

But he gave some reasons:

1. a Void.
2. a secondary fit.

So together with th LOTT these are reasons to bid 6 Club.
You may say that the reasons for passing are bigger, but his points are valid.

Sure an adjusted count of total tricks is better than a simple count of the number of trumps.
Wayne Burrows

I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
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