straube, on Sep 28 2010, 02:03 PM, said:
You can see some evidence in things it loses here and there. For instance, it can't splinter all hands. I complimented the immediate splinters, but one can't splinter
4-1-5-3 or 1-4-6-2 or 5-4-3-1. It can't splinter 4-3-5-1 or 3-4-5-1. Etc.
Geez. Yes it is different and inevitably with *any* change you will tend to lose some sequences that you used to be able to express easily - and you gain others. The acid test is whether your new method is better overall. With Keri versus more "normal" methods it is perhaps too close to call for the casual player - and the frequency of being able to play "normal" methods is almost certainly the deciding factor.
On the splinters thing, in the version I'm playing, I can splinter (if I choose):
33(07)
33(16)
(34)(15)
44(14)
(04)(45)
(14)44
(13)(45)
(03)55
(03)(46)
plus anything slammy with a 6 carder in both majors or minors assuming opener is at all interested, plus on some other sequences opener can find shortage principally a 4cM with longer clubs. That isn't everything it is true - but how many can most people do with "normal" methods?!