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East's hand seems not good enough to open 3♠. With west's hand opposite a 3♠ opener, of course you want to think slam when you should have no out of trump losers. And yet it couldn't even make 5♠ due to east's bad hand. So even though they have great hands they end up losing points.
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Too weak of a weak 3?
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Posted 2013-October-02, 04:09
Just a style thing, surely - and East is in 1st, NV vs V. It's not East's fault that clubs split 7-1.
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Posted 2013-October-02, 04:27
Only problem as I see it is that the description says that there is a requirement of 6 total points where the hand actually holds only 5. We acknowledge that GIB occasionally deviates from the system, particularly when under pressure by opposition pre-emptive bidding that takes away all good options, but I wouldn't expect any call for that when opening first in hand. If this is an acceptable pre-empt, and I am not saying that it isn't, then perhaps the description should be amended?
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Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2013-October-02, 12:26
1eyedjack, on 2013-October-02, 04:27, said:
Only problem as I see it is that the description says that there is a requirement of 6 total points where the hand actually holds only 5... If this is an acceptable pre-empt, and I am not saying that it isn't, then perhaps the description should be amended?
The description also says opener shows a certain trump suit quality (5+ 8421 points) which is clearly absent here.
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