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8 Clubs Sacrificing Bridge

Poll: Make bids of 8 CL, 8 DI, 8HT legal? (52 member(s) have cast votes)

Make bids of 8 CL, 8 DI, 8HT legal?

  1. Yes (10 votes [19.23%])

    Percentage of vote: 19.23%

  2. No (42 votes [80.77%])

    Percentage of vote: 80.77%

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Posted 2012-June-12, 12:58

View Postrbforster, on 2009-May-14, 13:04, said:

Exactly! Here only down 2 against 7N making:

(7N)-8♣*-X**-8♥***
(X)-8♠-(P)-P
(X)-AP

* 8♣ - non-leaping michaels (expert treatment), ♣+major
** X - no desire to sacrifice at the 8 level
*** 8♥ - pass/correct for North's major






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Posted 2012-June-12, 13:28

View Postrbforster, on 2009-May-14, 13:04, said:

Exactly! Here only down 2 against 7N making:

(7N)-8♣*-X**-8♥***
(X)-8♠-(P)-P
(X)-AP

* 8♣ - non-leaping michaels (expert treatment), ♣+major
** X - no desire to sacrifice at the 8 level
*** 8♥ - pass/correct for North's major




You should play XX asking for partners major, and 8H as a natural bid imo (suggesting playing 8H oppoiste S+C). After all south might have like 11 hearts.
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Posted 2012-June-12, 13:57

View Postqwery_hi, on 2009-May-14, 04:32, said:

What do you think of making legal the bids of 8♣, 8♦ and 8♥?

Again.
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Posted 2012-June-12, 15:15

Should pass over 8C be forcing BTW?
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Posted 2012-June-12, 16:58

View Postgwnn, on 2012-June-12, 15:15, said:

Should pass over 8C be forcing BTW?


I would think so, making it a clear error to double in direct seat and give them a XX to help work out strain.
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Posted 2012-June-12, 17:20

View Postjeffford76, on 2012-June-12, 16:58, said:

I would think so, making it a clear error to double in direct seat and give them a XX to help work out strain.


They can still pass 8C, if you aren't prepared to defend that undoubled then you should double in direct seat to give them less room.
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Posted 2012-June-12, 18:30

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Posted 2012-June-13, 06:31

It makes for fun speculation I suppose. And a few good jokes too.

But if we are being serious, I would not want this. And even if I did, there are other rule changes I would want first. Starting with abolishing system restrictions.
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Posted 2012-June-16, 16:55

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This used to be allowed. I don't remember when it got taken out - my very foggy memory says about the time they got rid of unlimted redoubling.


I have heard lots of people say there was a time they were allowed, but if there was, it must have been a very short time. Reredoubles and bids of more than 7 are already not permitted in the 1920 laws (of Auction Bridge.) I want to say there was only one official set of laws before that - 1913 maybe? - and that the arguments about whether weird conventions like takeout doubles should be allowed had already died down by the time they were written.
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Posted 2012-June-16, 19:40

View Post3for3, on 2009-May-14, 06:01, said:

Don't agree, but if it were, why not 8 spades too?


Or eight notrump :)

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Posted 2012-June-17, 08:12

View Postnige1, on 2012-June-16, 19:40, said:



Or eight notrump :)



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Posted 2012-June-19, 02:45

View PostSiegmund, on 2012-June-16, 16:55, said:

I have heard lots of people say there was a time they were allowed,

As far as I am aware this is simply an urban/internet myth and 8 level bids have never been legal in bridge.
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Posted 2012-June-19, 03:18

View PostZelandakh, on 2012-June-19, 02:45, said:

As far as I am aware this is simply an urban/internet myth and 8 level bids have never been legal in bridge.

They weren't illegal, until someone tried to make one.
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Posted 2012-June-19, 10:35

We had this on our club printout a couple weeks ago.

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