jjlango

If my partner and I were both expert players is there any way we could come safely come to 6S? I've heard of artificial systems like precision and am wondering if there's any bidding system that could safely set up this slam.

Is there some sort of convention I could have used to find out if he had any stoppers in diamonds or hearts?

http://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer.html?sn=edziolas&s=SKHQ742D97CKQT842&wn=jjlango&w=SAT7HKJ5DA65CAJ63&nn=neilichka&n=SJ9HT963DQJ432C95&en=aypar&e=SQ865432HA8DKT8C7&d=n&v=b&b=13&a=P3SP6SPPP&p=CKCAC5C7SAS9S2SKSTSJSQC2HAH2H5H3H8H4HJH6&c=13 My partner opened with 3♠ and I go immediately to 6♠. We made 7 because the missing K♠ was a singleton.

I've been learning Bridge bidding from Audrey Grant's Club Series book, which I think is SAYC. However, I've heard that expert players use a modified 2/1 for natural bidding. I'd like to become an expert player, so is it a waste of time to continue learning SAYC when 2/1 is better? Also, do I need to learn a natural bidding system or can I learn an artificial system instead? I want to become a good player as fast as possible.

So when I play on BBO 15 other tables are dealt identical hands?

So IMP and MP are duplicate scoring systems, but I don't understand what the point values mean when I'm not in a tournament. Which partnerships am I being compared against for the IMP or MP scoring?