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#21 User is offline   spotlight7 

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Posted 2010-May-22, 05:43

Hi:

4H is natural and 4S* is Kickback for Ds. Meckwell calls this the 'unfocused' major as I recall.

This is if you play a style that a passed hand cannot want to bid 4H. If you always open long H hands here, 4H is indeed Kickback.

I switched over to the Dark Side and dropped virtually all requirements for 'not opening' something with long suits.

Roth bid 6-5 weak two bids and I long ago started bidding long suits headed by the seven.

My KS days where I held 2/3 top honors and 9-11HCP now seem like a bad dream.

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Posted 2010-May-22, 06:33



Here's the full hand.
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Posted 2010-May-22, 06:42

Your partner is much too strong for 3D. He should have bid 2S.
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Posted 2010-May-22, 07:50

I like 3♥. Partner won't expect a 6-card hearts from a passed hand anyway.
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Posted 2010-May-22, 13:11

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Your partner is much too strong for 3D.


Yeah jumping in old suit is invitational according to classical principles. Something like 15-17hcp (or even 14 with a lot of playing strength).

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He should have bid 2S.


It's sad state of affairs that the system most people learn first and play for most of their bridge life makes you to come up with such artificial, difficult to handle solutions in the most simple of situations :(
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Posted 2010-May-22, 17:50

bluecalm, on May 22 2010, 02:11 PM, said:

It's sad state of affairs that the system most people learn first and play for most of their bridge life makes you to come up with such artificial, difficult to handle solutions in the most simple of situations :ph34r:

Interesting point, what alternative do you propose?
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