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Short and sweet. Thanks Ken

When responding to Jacoby 2nt do you show a shortness when it is a singleton ace? If you do, does this cause problems when cue bidding and using ace asking bids later?

HeavyDluxe, Come on in, its not a threadjack at all. Maybe we can work through this together? If you are interested in partnering, PM me and we can see what we can work out schedulewise.

Thanks everyone for your replies; It is encouraging. Phil, you hit the nail on the head. The more I played the worse I was getting. This mostly looks like great advice. So the new plan is: Kibitz like crazy and play the hands I kibitzed a few days later via GIB. Try to find a regular partner Discuss hands and systems with said partner Read more And if there is any time left over, play one or two hands.

The setup for this was way to long so I moved it to the end and hid it in case anyone is curious: My question is "Should I try to forget everything I have learned and start from scratch, or am I just letting my frustration get the best of me?" I am leaning towards starting over. I think I need to try to forget what I know, even such simple things as HCP, and then come up with a list of questions to ask my self when I pick up my hand, when the dummy comes down, after any surprises, and after the hand is over. It seems logical that by starting with a well chosen set of simple questions instead of a bunch of "rules of thumb" could lead to forming good habits from the start. My starting question will probably be "what is/was my shape and dummy's shape?" What do you think a good questions would be to add after that?

Do you all know of a natural system that uses 2♣ by responder as an artificial GF? I found the idea at the bottom of a bottle of wine, but it seems like it might have some advantages over 2/1. I know I'm not the first to think of it, but I've never seen it. What do you think of the idea?

hmm, I think just the opposite. As long as partner understands, you are more free to act after he passes. If you were a actually a strong hand you would do somenthing unusual to show partner that. I would recommend a redouble.

I'll second the idea to be able to define the marks. I'd like to see the current marks standard with and having custom marks in an "advanced options" tab to keep the interface simple for those who do not want the extra configurability.

Umm, I can do the catepillar (but only when really drunk). Some of that did not look physically possible.

I discovered an interesting variant of systems on with tweak for the transfer into opps suit. The tweak being an astounding reversion to natural with a hand too weak to show the stopper (apparently possibly half stopper) any other way. Perhaps a nice 2 count with 5 to the Q. I would say this method was novel, but definitely less efficient.

I've been thinking about starting a forum site for discussing the boards I've played. Has anybody else done this? I would like to have the site open to the public, but by the nature of it there will be critical comments about other bbo members. Would it be sufficient to leave the names off, considering how easy it would be to find them in myhands? I am also thinking about the best way to set up the site. Any suggestions would be appreciated. some ideas I have: * seperate threads under each hand for partner, preferred members, and regular members/guests. (possibly not showing names in the more open threads) * link to fd file used or text description of system on every hand * double dummy results for the contract and alternate contracts (via GIB) If I do eventually get this going, I'd be glad to provide the source to anyone, especially the BIL organizers.

Sounds like a win/win situation to me. I must remember to increase my play time.

serious question even though it sounds like I'm being sarcastic: When would you want to play 3nt with a 9+ spade fit? I can't think of a time, but it would make a great self psyche control

Keep in mind that many of us use the "enemies" designator as a positive because there is only one positive choice. I use it for people I have enjoyed playing with but wouldn't greet anytime they logged in. I'm not opposed to blocking mail, but it would need to be optional unless we got more categories. btw, I'm still all for user defined categories.

Thanks for not mentioning me by name :) Seriously though I agree with your post and decided its finally time I did something about it.