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Person playing with another member of same club in a tournament. Unknown what agreements they have but I'm sure the partner would not expect this hand. Person self alerts bid, 2S but has little like described. Is this just tough luck to those who read (N/S) the alert? Of course the partner doesn't see it, only opener and responder. Can you physic (if that's what the bid is) and give alert bid to opponents knowing description is out of range? Only EW Vul. North deals and opens 1♣ 1♣ 2♠ 2NT pass; .... The 2S overcall was alerted as "6-10 6+ suit". Overcallers hand: ♠ J 10 9 8 5 3 2 ♥ 9 6 ♦ 6 ♣ 8 4 3

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Thanks, I'm going to hunt for your other postings.

Thanks. Now a follow up question to your posting, 1H - 1NT* ... * spades, unlimited, forcing 1) How does opener show a minimum NT rebid, one that would currently go 1H - 1S; 1NT? I would worry that an auction like 1H - 1NT*; 2NT if that's what you play, would get us too high facing a low range responding hand. 2) I use and find XYZ (form of ckeckback Stayman) handy and this approach would make use it's use less efficient? Yes. This last point is an important one that I haven't given enough weight. It moves me back to favouring Jacoby and finding a different way of accommodating 10 - 12 balanced. Perhaps this is not efficiently possible?

Thanks. Yes to bidding short minors after f1nt. REPLY. With SF I'm afraid of passing s1nt with say 13-14+ or even very good 12 and find partner with his nice upper range [but less than GF]. I've tried bidding heaps of hands with my JACK programme and did find I was missing too many good games. And even if I used Gazilli with a good 15+, responder opposite a good 14 produced game that say Acol easily got into and I missed. I've adapted some of the ideas in recent posts to cope better with those hands but its the balanced 10-12's that are still causing problems in s1NT. REPLY #2 A question for you: If you lost the Jacoby 2NT, would these compensating features make up for the loss 1) You gain a NF 1NT response, 2) Natural opener minor rebids (or use of Gazilli and yes that goes against my liking for natural minors) 3) and a natural 2NT 10-12 response. This one seems very much out of favour with modern bidders but IMO that range if its in the s1NT makes the semi-forcing likely to miss games. Like 14 HCP opposite a 11 or 12. Thanks for your responses.

thanks. I've had trouble not expressing what I meant and have edited my first post to add: ideally 2H = 5-9, 5H's and another 5 carder 2S = 5-9, 5'S and a 5 minor another issue is that I added the poll after the posting but it lists first anti doesn't exactly relate to the topic heading. I'll be more careful next time. ===

Thanks and I looked at your descriptive source. I think it would be an approach to investigate after I have convinced partner to change and we get used to simpler approaches. It would that some doing to get partner to bid at the two level on weak 4-4 hands.

Thanks. I got carried away with the poll and included extra options that were not directly related. The options including the strong hand and two ranges for the major suits option weren't necessary. I've edited the poll.

Thanks for the reply. I meant making sure that partner didn't use any 5-4, but where the points were in the 5-4 and the 4 card suit had good intermediates. So to make the bids viable your % show you need to include 5-4's. Thanks.

I'm not keen on opener having to occasionally bid non existent minor suits nor the opportunity to play in 1NT after a 1M opening. My main issue is the good 10-12 balanced hands. My solutions to date: 1) (combined) Bergen raises remove trump raises from f1NT. == 2) Limited one suiters that currently might go say, 1H - 1NT; 2C - 3D. Here I propose to use the sequence 1H - 2S to show the problem minor hands. Currently 1H - 1NT; 2C - 3D. I lose the 5-7 weak 2s response opposite 1H. This, 1H - 2S; 2N* can't be any worse than the above and it takes out more hands: 1H - 2S; 2N* .... relay = reveal minor, say 1H - 2S; 2N* - 3D; Not forcing. Unfortunately there isn't a similar option over 1S so problem only 1/2 resolved. == 3) Those 10-12 balanced are a real problem. I'm thinking Jacoby 2NT doesn't come up very often AND the 2o1 sequences are also much rarer then you would hope for. I think sequences that start say 1S - 2n are under utilised and I would be happy to move j2NT type hands into the 2o1 bids. Is that viable? Why? So I can use 1M - 2NT like the old fashioned Acol bid and also standard after forcing bids but before j2NT. That's most of the problem hands removed from f1NT. == Instead I could use Gazilli 2C, 16+, 1M - 1NT; 2C but in my experience it doesn't help with good 13 - 15 point hands unsuitable for 1NT opening. Or open 1NT 14-17, that helps a bit but I don't like the overloading here much. I'm not so keen on modifying 1M - 2C; to show a wider range of hands. I'd rather keep the 2o1 responses as similar as is possible. I know with semi-forcing, opener bids if he had a hand where he would bid again, if responder could made a limited bid. I haven't found this to be satisfactory. == Now all 2o1 bidders must have mussed over these issues. Do you accept disadvantages of f1NT or have better work arounds? thank you, Ash.

EDITED ideally, 2H = 5-9, 5H's and another 5 carder 2S = 5-9, 5'S and a 5 minor === Hello, a weak 2D comes up frequently. Forgetting other uses for a multi-2D opening and loss of immediate pre-emptive raises, how many more hands can I expect to open with 2-suiter 2H and 2S, 5-9 points? 1) Usually 5-5, 2) but maybe in 3rd position 5M-4, or 5-4 on suitable hands? I'm happy that the 2D can accomodate some of the strong balanced hands that the overloaded 2C opening now carries, and that I still have weak 2H and 2S bids, even if they are slightly less effective. Multi 2's were very popular many years ago and some would have experience and knowledge that I want to tap into. Thank you.

I'd be grateful if you would bid the N/S hands for me. Standard bidding. West. Dealer and opens 1D and rebids 2D if able, or raises hearts to 2 level if able. All None VUL. East bids 1H if able. NORTH. S J 4 2 H J 9 D A J 3 C Q J 8 4 3 SOUTH. S A T 7 6 H A K Q D 7 5 C T 7 6 2 NS have unassuming cues in their armoury. thank you.

Greetings all. I use BBO a lot but also Jack as it plays and defends well and has many more settings available. Its easy to setup Mac to Mac (using PC emulator) or to windows over a lan but, I've had no success over the internet i.e. Wan Can anyone offer advice who has been successful or who I could try to connect to please. Unfortunately Jack support does not offer any type of forum where users can meet to voice ideas, problems and solutions. Otherwise its a powerful program. thank you.

Hello. Are there any good programs that convert text to speak that recognise suit symbols. I'd like to convert or listen to some of my ebooks but all sat hands too fast and jump over icons / symbols for suits. Thank you.

thank you all, I'm enjoying reading the responses..

I play Acol, 12-14 and 2o1 with 15-17. thanks

thanks, your reply clears that issue up.

nice, thanks.

Hello all. This combination was posted in OCP Super Precision forum and I voiced an alternative approach and wasn't satisfied with the small but majority opinion. East passes as dealer. IMPs. Us vul. Your system is Precision with 16 point 1C. South S - H A D KJ984 C AQ85432 One South recognised the playing value of the hand and upgraded it to 1C opening. An argument made against that was that there was likely to be violent obstruction in the master suits and South may be facing 4 o M by opponents without a suit being bid by NS. Another suggested that with a 'natural' 2C at least you are underway in showing your anchor suit and a later D bid or perhaps uNT might describe the hand just as well? This person felt the advantage of the strong 1C was an illusion here as bidding space was likely to be taken by the opponents and its better to try showing shape on the hand in lower HCP range. If the two suits were majors instead, the case for 1C is much stronger? The 1C opener was not prepared to witness a responding hand where responder might pass the 2C with small slams in either minor on and gave an example to support that argument. A claim was because of its real strength, that a 2C opening would be 'anti-system'. What would you do?

Hello all. My partner and I have returned to Cohen's site to bid rebid hands we tested ourselves on sometime ago. Previously we overcalled at the one level with the hands below. This time partner bid 2N, thinking a major and other minor. It allowed us to get to 7S on these weird hands. 7D scored 8/10. Dealer South opens 1C. All Vul. West S AQJ842 H - D JT98653 C - East S K76 H Q852 D AK C AT76 but perhaps we are results merchants congratulating ourselves compared to our first attempt, when 2NT is better reserved for strong balanced hands. My question is which bid will have a higher frequency and usefulness; 2N to show a range above a 1NT overcall or unusual as used here. (1C) 2C is both majors. And likely with more HCP we might have bid naturally at the one level rather than u2NT.

Hello all, most play 1NT - [2d/2h/2s and perhaps 2N] as transfers and many also use Texas type bids. That seems to make natural, strong 3 level bids an under-utilised set. Why would one need to bid 1NT 3H; except say to set trumps and demand a cue of cheapest ace (I made that meaning up)? I guess 1N 3m; could be an outside 4M with the long minor. Some of those hands are hard to describe. What else are 3C, 3D, 3H and 3S used for?

Hello all. I've been experimenting with a script for J2NT. It seems to me that a 2o1 pathway is often much more efficient even if the 4th + trump isn't promised. When do you tend to use Jacoby rather than a 2o1, and are there better uses for the 2NT bid? One very economical sequence: 1S 2C; 2D 2S; (2C here is a good 4+ suit) why would you go 1S 2NT instead, even if the bid does promise the trump support that makes slam investigation surer? Even though it's descriptive I wouldn't fancy an auction like 1S 2NT; 4S. And especially if we also have a undisclosed double fit. Thank you.

Hello, would anyone have a copy of this text by A. Moon that they would be prepared to sell on please? Thankyou.

Hello. If I'm playing with another language. I'm limited to English. I'll copy text and paste into Google Translate. Would it be possible to include functionality somehow into bbo. i.e. highlight text, right click and have translate as an option amongst BBO'so the choices? thank you Ash

Hello, I managed to track down two of Anthony Moons books (with Tim Bourke) on Compound and Triple Squeezes. One link on the web suggested another, Guard squeezes was available. His books are very hard to find and his web sites seem non functional. Can anyone give me more information about him please. Thank you.