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#1 User is offline   junyi_zhu 

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Posted 2010-April-05, 10:34

Gib holds S9 HAKQJTxxxx DK CKJ
I held QT8532 9x xxx xx
The bidding went
1D(LHO) x(my gib) 2C (RHO) pass(me)
3C(LHO) p p 3S(shows 3-8 total points and 5+ spades in the explanation, which fits my hand well)
x all pass.
It went -1100 for me. when 4H can be cold if I happend to hold CQ or one ace or H9 and make the right guess in C.

The general "total points" based scheme is the origin of this ridiculous result. A sound improvement should discard the total points nonsense, cause this hand counts for only
2+17+2+1 = 22 total points, but it really justifies a 4H bid at any time and 4H should never be expensive when you hold the royal flush headed 9 card suit. At least, the explanation should be either 25+ points or 9+ total tricks. This really isn't a huge change IMO.
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Posted 2010-April-05, 15:34

Thanks for the report. I agree that tricks would be an interesting feature to add.
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