[inquiry]

Chamaco, on May 26 2004, 08:32 AM, said:

What about psyching 2♥ or a 1NT overcall (if u play this as "natural") and then planning to retreat to clubs ?

Partner will not be in on the joke when you retreat..... and if he is, and he has ♥, he will be have deemed to catch your psyche. This is a risky kind of psyche when you now have three opponents at the table.

Ben

[Chamaco]

inquiry, on May 26 2004, 01:50 PM, said:

Chamaco, on May 26 2004, 08:32 AM, said:

What about psyching 2♥ or a 1NT overcall (if u play this as "natural") and then planning to retreat to clubs ?

Partner will not be in on the joke when you retreat..... and if he is, and he has ♥, he will be have deemed to catch your psyche. This is a risky kind of psyche when you now have three opponents at the table.

Ben

Ty, now I get the risk of 2 hearts better.
What do you think of the 1NT psyche instead ?

[inquiry]

1NT psyche here is fine. I think if Trpltrbl had this hand, 1NT would be his bid. And here in is the problem with overuse of psyches. If I was playing with Trpltrbl, and he bid 1NT, I tried to play in my six card ♥ suit. I would have in the back of my mind, even before he refused to let me play in ♥ that he psyches NT.

But ok.. say you playing with pickup partner, or a regular one and you have never, ever psyched a 1NT overcall (or at least not in the last 100 1NT overcalls or more). Feel free. You have a better chance of getting away with this one. And you have some protection, in that your partner is unlikey to have 6♥ (he didn't open weak two), or if he does, he is unlikely to drive the bidding really high trying to play in ♥ (because with 6 he must have bad hand)... only potential problem he could be 4♠ and 6♥ with value, but decided not to open because of the side four card major. Just the had you DO NOT want to be trying to correct 4♥ to five ♣ on.

Ben