jdulmage

I wanted to join this tournament - been a member of the forums for years. It says "blocked - only select usernames are allowed". Can I not join this?

I don't blame you for wanting to leave. One thing that's been clear is the advantage being taken of the pandemic. Thousands flocked to BBO and in exchange BBO has decided it's OK to charge $15 for an online regional and $6 for a SYC game when there's bare minimum efforts required to run these games. Not to mention the fact that it's only 18 boards when it should be 24. It's sad. I hardly spend a dime on BBO now. It's just not the same as it used to be.

Always penalty. You can bid 2 spades if you want to show spades

My RHO opened 2NT 20-21 HCP. I held AKQJT in a single suit and figured why not? I doubled. My LHO bid 3NT so I doubled again. Down 2.

I think this is fine and grand is a bit rich. Side note, you should never truly be upset with your partner. Enjoy :)

I'd say always super accept a transfer with those points and 5 trump. Those who open 1 spade will likely have a partner just bid 4 spades anyway.

Sorry just realized you got a 2C interference. I'd bid 3C over that then partner can go 3H and then you can cue 4D to look for slam.

I'm opening 1!S and partner can do Jacoby 2NT and I can respond 3!C showing shortness. Partner loves that with 2 small clubs and can bid 3!D and now we are off to the races. :)

There's just enough substance here to bid 2NT. Good luck and enjoy this wonderful game :)

Play Flannery or use 2 club response as "could be short"

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Once I had been playing (and winning) at bridge I decided to try poker thinking I'd have equal success. Never happened. Not even close. I would say the two games do not mix well.

I play Mathe over strong club openings. DBL shows both majors, cheapest NT bid shows both minors. All other bids are natural. With the opponents having a majority of the points you best be showing some sort of good distributional values. For the Mathe bids, 5-5 in the suits or better. For the natural bids, 6+ in the suit and more often than not a singleton or void elsewhere.

That's exactly it! Thanks a lot!

Interesting!