luis

When I saw the title of the thread I was scared thinking "oh no, not again" but I'm glad I clicked since I found your ideas refreshing and can be the start of several good things. For example about disclosure it would be nice to have a "history agent" available so when you play against a pair you can get some information about at least their openings, for example: They open 2h and you can at the given position/vulnerability the average # of HCP they had, the average number of hearts they have, if they had a 4 card major before, side suit etc. For example: 2h opening (Mr Foo and Dr Evil) NV vs VUL (2nd position) Average HCP: 6.66 (lowest: 2HCP, highest: 8HCP) Average # of cards: 5.50 (5 cards 23 times, 4 cards 3 times, 6 cards 31 times, 7 1 time) Side 4 card major? (Yes 2 times) Can have a void? (No occurrences registered) 1NT opening (Mr Foo and Dr Evil) NV vs NV (1st position) Average HCP: 15.54 (lowest: 14 highest: 16) HCP per frequency (14: 3 times, 15: 17 times, 16: 2 times) Can have a Singleton (2 occurences, x of spades and K of clubs) Unusual distributions: (3622 (1 time), 3262 (1 time), 1345 (1 time), 3451 (1 time) For a 15-17 1NT you can see how many times it was with 14 (13 less etc) how many times with a singleton, how many times with 6322 or 5422 etc. We can then work what stats will be displayed on request about openings and we'll have good disclosure about opening style. Maybe I'm just nuts :-) Luis

When 2♣ is GF I like 2♠ to show 4 diamonds and 4 spades exactly. Whenever opener has 5+ diamonds he bids 2♦.

I think your bidding was reasonable. Luis

BTW the double is terrible :-) 1♦ is probably a better overcall. Swtching to a spade looks logical.

I don't think pass is a logical alternative. Pd has doubled spades for taekout and you have a void in the suit, only a weirdo can pass 4♠x with no defensive tricks and a void in trumps when pd has doubled for T/O. I don't like 4♦ but after bidding 4♦ 5♣ is 100% clear

Object the 4♦ call I think I would have bid 4♠ instead. Perfect call, void in spades and both minors, let pd choose. They are bidding 4♠ anyway so I'd better show my hand ASAP. Luis

I post what I think is the most simple approach: Pass: Interest in a first round heart control (Asking for a rdbl) RDL: First round heart control, interest in the spade control 4S: Spade control a hand that can't bid 4NT probably with a void. 4NT: RKCB in clubs 5C: I had a minimum slam try so go to six only with extras

What? I didn't play in that tourney.

I pick 4♥ and I expect to go down 1.

I'm sorry uday but what is and what is not bridge is not open to discussion, bridge has rules, a card game not following those rules can't be called bridge. This doesn't depend on the "customers" opinions. For example if we had a online tennis site and "customers" decide to play without a net or with two balls at the same time we can't say that the "customers" redefined what tennis is, some of them just like playing a different game. I have no problem in BBO allowing pseudo-bridge variations or even encouraging them but please don't say that what bridge is and what it is not is open to a decision by the BBO members.

will repeat my tourney DOES NOT ALLOW PSYCH ,is in rules,in tourney page and announced when tourney starts, Sorry I didn't read that before and I thought it was a bridge question, A goulash tournament with Psyches banned is just another game. Since we are in a bridge forums I think you are in the wrong forum. Maybe we should create a "pseudo-bridge" forum.

I bid 6♦ the scientific approach and the "wild gamble" usually have similar rate of success with this kind of hands. So I prefer to have the surprise factor on my side. I'm prepared to say "sorry pd" or maybe to attend a inquisition comitee if 6 makes :-) Lol.

Agree with Richard and The_Hog. If this was Drury it's alertable. If it is just a natural SAYC 2♣ then it is not, if both 2♦ and 2♥ show 5 cards it's common to use clubs as a "wildcard" suit so there's nothing to alert since you may or may not have clubs and that is accepted as very standard.

Horrible ruling, again a TD rules based on his bridge knowledge and not in his knowledge of the rules, when we add that the bridge knowledge is very thin (no offense intended) we get a terrible ruling as a result. 1NT is a psyche, psyches in 3rd position in Goulash tourneys should be almost standard, there's nothing to alert, nothing to complain about and nothing to adjust.

Justin Justin, what did you do? I bet they got you for PUI (Playing under influence) or maybe a IOFL violation (insulting old fat ladies). Was it a Burattism? You ask How's the weather there pd? pd guesses a doubleton queen and the next thing you know is you are in prison waiting for the judge. In any case did you use the Chewbacca defense? You could have escaped free of charges with that, it took OJ out, it took Michael Jackson out, it never fails. In any case a big majority of BBO forum members and BBO players want you back so you will have to return per force. Life is hard, you can't just make a lot of fans and friends just to leave them for an incident. We may even say you are trapped :-) Luis

I think that what he wants (and I agree) is an option to block individuals, my enemies are many times not real enemies, just people that I don't want to play with but I have no problem at all in chatting with them. On the other hand I'd like to block some players that send me annoying messages without making them enemies.

As I noted earlier, I am skeptical whether such a hand should rebid 3♥... I guess that depends on partnership philosophy which is indeed a form of agreement. Maybe for this player dbl was INV or better with support and 3♥ just competitive, in such a scenario the option of letting them play 3♦ is not very appealing.

Really? I feel better.

Well, as so often happens at bridge table, you could save pd for his mistake(assuming he is wrong passing that hand) by opening 1C or 3C. What mistake? 3NT is a very reasonable contract, going down in 3NT is so normal...

How many problems in this forum are created by a player not opening light? I mean if you open with 12 why not with good 11? How terrible can the difference be?

Yes I expect to make 3NT. There're 28 HCP left if they are divided pd should have around 9, there're a lot of 9 HCP combinations where 3NT is either cold or has a lot of chances.

Agreeing with Roland I must say that 3NT in 4th is not exactly gambling is just "to play". Usually you do have a suit but sometimes is just a solid suit without side values and sometimes it's a semisolid suit with side values. If they double I stand the double, nobody could open and now they want to double 3NT? I will think they are trying to scare me.

3NT, what else?

Maybe you should consider another game not another site to play. BBO is a great place to play bridge, probably the best you won't find the people and the commitment that we find in BBO in other places. What you describe is a problem with the rules of bridge not with BBO. Create your own table and indicate that all the bids must be explained in order to play at your table. You are free to do that and remove the players that don't follow your rules. Some of us prefer to deduct what other players have instead of directly asking them, it's more fun.

I think Henri evaded this one, I'm sure he will bid 5♣ regardless of pd's bid in his next turn. As he said it's good to be considered a barbarian. I also would like to know what Roland did/drank/smoke between the problem where he bid only 2♠ and this one where he bids 5♣ :-)