Posted 2011-November-01, 15:09
FWIW, my concern is in maximizing auctions where we want to bid beyond three of their minor most often and where the returns for so competing are greatest.
Major one-suiters can be handled at the same level, so a relay to show that seems somewhat silly. The other minor one-suiter, or one of the two possible minor one-suiters, are hurt because one (diamonds) can be shown later anyway and the other (clubs) yields little anyway.
Major-minor two-suiters have special calls because (1) they offer the greatest potential reward, meaning game in the major, (2) they are the hardest to bid without methods, and (3) the shape needed for action is such that the HCP contribution also needed is lower, meaning that the opportunities to bid because of sufficient strength should probably be more frequent. Identification of the major and minor held immediately seems somewhat critical, as otherwise the opposition auction, designed somewhat to impeded, works it magic.
But, I agree that ease of memory is important. That factor is one that is person-specific.
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