eugeneric

>In fact opponents are deceived by not being alerted to your style. You will profit from not fully disclose your methods to them, at best a dubious, though quite common practice. Fair enough, except the above. Playing with unknown partner you pick up AKQXXXX void xxxxxxx void You bid whatever you decide to bid. Did you "deceive opponents by not being alerted to your style"? Note that in my case, half the field made an 'unethical' bid. Self-alerted or not, I don't know, but let me guess...

Thanks guys for all your answers and votes! If you are curious, I passed. My regular partner (I was not playing with him) favors 1S. He agrees pass is reasonable and I agree 1S is reasonable. About half of the field opened 2s or 3s and another half passed. One or two opened 1S or 4S. Those who opened usually reached 4S for a 5-10IMPS (depending on dbl) result. Those who passed did not reach 4S and lost less than 1IMP. The bad results were kind of unreasonable sequences. My argument for pass (please criticize me, I welcome it): I hope I can enter the bidding later, when I know more about the other hands. This may result in an average score, but there is potential for a great result, as: 1)They may have some surprises if they play the hand 2)They may be tempted to impulsively double us in a S or D contract

White vs Red, IMPS, playing 2/1 with unknown partner, who showed competence for 5-6 boards so far. Opponents ok. Q865432 void QJ732 A RHO passes. What to bid? Thanks!