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#1 User is offline   Bbradley62 

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Posted 2013-October-24, 22:00

With dealer to my left, the auction begins: (1♥)-P-(3♥)
I wanted to bid 4♥ as Michaels, but the mouse-over said that bid would show 27+ points, without any distribution description. Is that really useful?
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Posted 2013-October-25, 19:00

IIRC, pretty much anytime you force the bidding to game when partner hasn't shown anything yet, the description shows something like 25+. Sometimes, you are sacrificing, sometimes you just have to assume partner has a minimal 6 or 7 points, so these crazy high point expectations make no sense. And worse, it's not just the description. If responder does have 6 or 7 points, you'll get a slam try or even a jump to slam, usually with no play.
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Posted 2013-October-27, 07:20

It will be addressed for review.

It might be similar as:

1X - Pass - 2X - 3X .

At the moment it says just huge hand ( but no cards promised in neither suit ), which somehow duplicates double.
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