Posted 2004-September-06, 22:43
Jimmy,
Reverse s/p Lav, when we tell the declarers locally, they scratch their heads. They get really lost. Then again, we're the only pair that uses UDCA at our club. They wonder why after a low-high their nice queen gets ruffed.
Standard Lav was just brutal, but after we migrated to our s/p system at trick one (Obvious Shift, but UDCA flavoured), it just seemed to keep it all uniform. It's helped us quite a bit.
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Lav is this:
1st discard: don't want this suit, and spot card (hi - higher suit of two, low - lower suit of two) indicates shift.
Reverse just flips the high and low meanings that's all. Not recommended for the faint of heart or the casual p'ship.
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Odd/even is even mentioned on one of the Bergen's "Point Schmoints" books. That in itself says a lot.
"Champions aren't made in gyms, champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. " - M. Ali