yasser r

Passing the 11,12 counts with the 4414 shape is excellent bridge IMHO. However, the 4315 shape is more promising, and so are the 4414 hands with 13-15 HCP. I'll dive into this a bit deeper. Thanks for your great suggestions helene_t.

I'm OK with passing the 11,12 counts but passing the 13,14,15 counts would be too radical IMHO.

Thanks for this detailed reply! Actually, the simplest solution of giving up the Tartan 2♥ looks the most practical. I'm not a big fan of giving up the natural 1NT, so i guess i will look into more detail of the problems associated with overloading 1♦ to keep the natural 1NT and add multi and the 2M 2 suiters to SMP(Yes! i mean 'standard modern precision').

I would like to use multi and tartan bids in an SMP framework. This means that we need to find a way to bid 11-15HCP hands with short diamonds and 4441 or 5431 shape. Can we do better than opening them with 1♦, which changes the definition of 1♦ opening from "could be short" to "can be singelton" and the response structure to 1♦ needs to be changed as well. One idea could be to use a mini roman option (11-15HCP, 4441 any singelton) in multi. this overloads the multi 2♦, and the 5431 hands still need to be incorporated somewhere. Looking forward to suggestions from experienced SMP players.

I am 42 years old and have been playing bridge since childhood. The first system i learned was CC wei Precision. I play 2/1, Sayc and Polish club also. I would like to play SMP on BBO with an advanced/expert player. Please feel free to contact me, if interested. My bbo nick is YR.

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If you would give me your CC, i could tell:).

HI there Please contact me if interested. I can play 2/1, sayc, polish club or simplified precision with any carding and gadgets. I am looking for a partner or a good pair as teamates. Looking forward to your kind responses. Yasser Rahim ( bbo nick: YR) (Sadly, that nick dosnt work at the BBO forums because its too short)