bluenikki

I don't know. But I do know you can't use the same bid to begin a semi-balanced slam auction as you use to express fear of a notrump game. (I myself reserve some artificial first response to initiate all slam auctions when lacking a singleton or a 6-card suit.) Carl

but certainly not 5422.

Goren also wrote that it is safer to underlead a K than a J. The K may still take a trick later. Much less likely that the J will

Have you tabulated your results treating 4441 , 5431 , and 5440 as balanced?

And if you have AJxxxx plus values, when do you get to show them?

When responder has a fair 6-card minor, it is a live possibility as a strain for slam. Indeed, for entry reasons, it may be the only slam strain. So it is vital that the follow-up structure not bury responder's suit. Note that it is far more important for opener to know AJxxxx is opposite than to know KQxxx is opposite.

From first K-S book: no 1.5 quick tricks,no opening. 11.10 CCCC points. Kaplan would NOT open it as dealer. For that matter, in early Roth-Stone, an opening required 2 defensive tricks, separately from the point count requirement.

So if it is ok to open AQxxx AJxx xx xx it becomes illegal to pass Qxxxx Qxxx KQ QJ ridiculous!

acbl has always been braindead where pointcount is concerned. So if you open AQxxx AJxx xx xx it becomes illegal to pass Qxxxx Qxxx KQ QJ Carl

I used to put on the card that I pre-empted light but my partner did not. A sectional acbl tournament director said this was illegal because the partners were required to play the same system. By the way, I personally believe it is correct to pass as dealer with QJ2 QJ2 QJ2 KQJ2 As do all followers of Edgar Kaplan's CCCC point count. Carl

Putting it on the card is problematic unless BOTH partners have the same practice. Carl