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I would like to edit the constraint.txt file to add some more hand types. But every time the program restarts, it restore this file to the original version. :P Seems to me it make more sense to keep the updates before sessions, doesn't it?

I am broken both in cards and shape, nobody expects me to do anything with that crappy hand, and I cannot afford to risk anything either.

I mismoused, or mismouthed 5♥ and have to play for make, in whatever game, I got nothing if this one went down. Isn't it good to put yourself in a situation that you have nothing to lose? :)

Takeout, takeout, why don't just "out"? :) 1st: "takeout" 2nd: "this hand belongs to us" 3rd: "You are out of your mind" IMHO: 1. Double usually means hard to find a natural alternative. 2. Double also means you are happy if partner decide to leave it in. The more you double and the higher the level is, the more your parnter should think of passing the double. 3 The following double is penalty in principle. (1) If partner has preempted. (2) We have already converted a takeout double into penalty. (3) The double of a suit in which, one of us showed 5+ cards. (4) We have already made a penalty double.

Holding this hand is like in the nut house, where anything can be right, or wrong. I would just try to make another 6♣ doubled :(

Yeah, a couple of catches there, but it's not a severe problem. the responses can still remain intuitive, I believe.

multi-reverse seems having more room, but signoff stuff is necessary after reverse and it complicate the problem...

Initially, I also wanted to say that 4♥ was no good in that it put youself in such an awkward situation. But to be honest and fair, when the auction went 1♠-2♥-? I think 4♥ was an easy choice (trap?) for most people. And it does put the image at focus immediately.... I think the problem here is to estimate how many hearts partner has, and I guess the expectation should be 4. Given this condition, too many minium hands with wasted value in hearts may still produce a slam with reasonable play, unless off 2 top trumps

Seems I can score some ruffs in ♥, and everything well-controlled. with a random partner, I would just bid 6♠ With a good parnter, I would raise 5♠. Showing I am concerned about the trumps, since I had taken so much space to splinter, it's inconceivable that I am missing controls in minors. then given I didn't launch RKCB, ♥ void by inference. With good trumps (likely), I hope partner would raise 6♠, with solid trumps, I hope partner would cue ♣ King and I would follow with 6♦, then partner may be able to count 13 tricks.

It's your choice to read whatever rubbish or not read whatever rubbish, LOL. Just as funny as those who were imagining that I would want to really join their table, and they would turn my request down or boot me or whatever then would make them happy. Do I really care?

like some others, I think the things about organizing a team game need to be improved...... Personally, I guess starting the thing by creating a chat room might be a good idea: 1. the software already has a module of chat room. add a pop-up(just like in Vugraph), showing the status of the 8 slots. the organizer has the right to assign seat upon request, or allow/disallow more people get into this room.... 2. Give people a chance to social around.... 3. People have a chance to discuss who are going to play with who.... 4. The organizer doesn't have to yell in the lobby any more, which, at least save some bandwidth.......

Yeah, West should take most of the blame. I would have overcalled 1♠ with East's hand. It seems West did have a point here. Fast in, fast out, esp in MP, whoever first find out the par point wins, and ♠ is the boss. had East overcalled, their opps wouldn't get a chance to make any noises. But West's double to 3♣ is just...., and I am not able to find an appropriate word for that. :blink:

Tough luck, I couldn't see any fix of your problem :( Occasionally, I temporize a 4 card 2 minor overcall if I have value and no other good alternatives. esp. when holding 4 cards in RHO's suit. I know this is appalling to some people, but I found it effective. However, whether North should have made such an overcall is far from clear. I would need a little better texture in ♦, like AQ109. B) Finally, when nothing works, you may always try the ultimate weapon, call director :D Complain your opps did't fully disclose their agreement, :huh: one opened light, one responded light and had you and your partner been well-informed, you would have, of course, bid differently. :D

I think many people usually are confused about the explanation of a call. The explanation of a call should articulate the expectation one should have upon this call in the given situation in a long run. Of course, there's deviation between the expectation and what one actually has in particular hand. There's way too many players are trying to make an issue on this. i.e. they are not interested in the expectation of a call, like here, the expectation of 1NT opening is 15-17 balacned, and it's boring. What they really care about is whether you have made a off-shape call particularly in this hand. Some pros are said open 1NT with even 5521, I am pretty sure there's no pre-alert for that.....

I guess it means how much MP one has win here in ACBL BBO tourney relative to other players....

I just post part of the rule here, have no intention to make an assuming judgement. I can be a bad person and mean. I may be deemed as unethical. But I have my own sense of conscience, one of them is that I don't use bad words to address a paritcular party involved in the discussion, and I expect the same to me. Otherwise, I will have a feeling that the administrator here is reluctant to enforce the rule against whom they are rooting for.

We generally don't play 1NT forcing for garbage raise. If we bid 1NT and rebid partner's major at 2 level, that is a preference without any other suitable bid, the expectation is we don't have 3 card support. So, with support , we raise first, regardless the strength.

continue with the 5th case above: what if we have ♠ AK5 ♥ K3 ♦ AKJ10653 ♣ 4 open 1♦ and partner response 1♥? Since 3♠ would be splinter for ♥ with GI high card strength. we have to rebid 2 ♠ here and hope to identify our hand later. Definitely some other catches out there, for example, one of them would be: 1♦-1♥ 2NT-3♣ 3♠ This sequence is ambiguous for : is it a big splinter in ♠? or is it showing a GF hand with long ♦ strong ♣, weak/short ♠ and only tolerance in ♥? (maybe we can identify it next round?) Anyway, IMO, the cost of expanding 1X-1Y-2NT is very reasonable, (losing 1 point accuracy in notrump ladder). and this structure needs further investigation and refinement. I 'd appreciate it if people can contribute their ideas on these issues.

Finally, 5 Jumpshift with confidence. with:♠ K3 ♥ 4 ♦ AKJ10653 ♣ AK5 1♦-1♠ 2NT-3♣ 3♥ Opener shows a GF hand with long ♦, strong ♣(but not real suit), weak/short ♥(the 4th suit) and tolerance in ♠. What if we switch the ♥ and ♣ holdings? ♠ K3 ♥ AK5 ♦ AKJ10653 ♣ 4 1♦-1♠ 3♥ I don't remember I really have ever used this sequence naturally, or even for whatever other meaning. This shows a GF hand with long ♦, strong ♥(but not real suit), weak/short ♣(the 4th suit] and tolerance in ♠ now if we bid: 1♦-1♠ 3♣ it's genuine natural bid, promise 5+-4+ in 2 suits.

similarly, we can have 3. power 3NT, 2NT relay then rebid 3NT instead of jumping to 3NT directly. 4. Comfortable invitation with 3 trumps. Delayed jumping rebid imply fit. for instance, 1♦-1♥ 2NT-3♣ 3♦ opener shows an invitational hands with 6+ good ♦ and 3♥. therefore, after 1♦-1♥ 3♦ we have no concern about 5-3 fit in heart might be missed. When the opening suit is ♣, we have a problem, so the exception about the relay is used here. when the opening suit is ♣, over power reverse 2NT, responder only relay when s/he has a weak hand and no 5 cards in the major, otherwise, with 5+ card major and a weak hand, rebid the major at 3 level, with extras(accept GI), rebid 3♦

2. big fit-showing 1♦-1♥ 2NT-3♣ 4♦ shows excellent ♦ suit with fit in heart, a pure maximum opening hand. whereas: 1♦-1♥ 4♦ shows the same type with less high card concentration.

Now we define that 1X-1Y-2NT asking responder to puppet 3C (with one exception, will explained later), so that we can have: 1. Big splinters 1♦-1♥ 2NT-3♣ 4♣ Showing it's GF hand by high cards, plus the side short. Therefore, a direct splinter showing GI hand by high cards, but commit to game because of the side short. Also, given the notrump ladder above, opener's direct game raise, for instance here, 1♦-1♥-4♥ is always 5422.

I think it might be better to have some simple method to take care of this. Maybe we can expand the sequence 1X-1Y-2NT. I guess this is no new idea, but I am going to totally release this sequence from showing a balance hand. First, some dirty work has to be done, make the adjustment of the notrump ladder, so that we won't need 1X-1Y-2NT to be used showing some range of balanced hand. The following is a possible example of the notrump ladder we may use to cooperate power reverse 2NT: weak(12-14P): open 1NT medium(15-18P): open 1 suit, rebid 1NT strong: (19-21P): open 2NT super: forcing opening bid (2C or 2D, as you wish), etc.

I found that it's particular hard to bid a strong one level opeing hand in natuaral system, since the opener has to jump in the next round and leaving little room to maneuvre below game, esp. when holding an unbalanced hand, it's not easy to investigate every strain below game level. Some problems are: 1. 1♦-1♥ 4♣ Splinter but is it ♠AK2 ♥KQ105 ♦AKJ73 ♣ 3 or ♠A82 ♥KQ105 ♦AK973 ♣ 3 ? The 2nd hand definitely worth a game bid too, and one also wants partner to have the information helps evaluate his/her high cards correctly for further decisions. 2. 1♣-1♥ 4♣ Is it: ♠ A4 ♥ KQ63 ♦ 7 ♣ AK10965 or: ♠ AK3 ♥ KQ63 ♦ -- ♣ AK10965 Here, there's also significant strength difference between these two hands. Some may argue that the 2nd hand worth a strong two open, maybe, but I can't see how that would make things easier. 3. 1♦-1♠ 3NT Is it ♠2 ♥K109 ♦AKQ1075 ♣ AJ5 or ♠2 ♥AK9 ♦AK10975 ♣ AQJ ? For the first hand, 3NT is just a shot; for the 2nd hand, 3NT is bid by power. 4. holding this hand: ♠ AJT ♥ K84 ♦ AKJ1083 ♣ 7 What you going to do after 1♦-1♥ ? 3♦ is probably the most descriptive rebid, but we can easily miss the heart game because of it. 3H is uncomfortable, especially when partner has only 4 baby hearts, we may end up with playing a silly contract. 5. holding this hand : ♠ K3 ♥ 4 ♦ AKJ10653 ♣ AK5 what you going to do after 1♦-1♠ ? We probably cannot risk 3♦, because it is not forcing. Perhaps temporize a 3♣ jumpshift is the best thing we can do. But that create new problems, when partner hold ♣ suit and a fair hand, s/he becomes anxious because it could be silly to pass over 3NT on a phantom fit.

Cowology: Let me remind you: First of all, you are not God, or any sort of representive of God. You have no right to judge other people in term of ethic in public. Second, you are not in a position to judge whether other person's behavior is acceptable here in this forum or bbo, since you are not administrator here(correct me if I am wrong) And you have cross the line by calling me a fool. But I can forgive you, since there's overwhelming evidence indicating that you are not intelligent enough to identify "uhv2cntHCP" is a fake name in my story, I riduculed nobody.