modaddy

I've been playing a friend's "homegrown" precision for a few months now. One question that the system notes does not address (and is a common problem across Precision systems) , is how "heavy" are your passes in response to 1H and 1S openings? For example, with 9 points and a misfit, do you bid, trying to get to a better strain, or do you pass and hope that the opponents get into trouble, not realizing that they almost certainly have less than half the deck? With a balanced 7-8 points and a good (3-4 trump), do you bid, or do you walk the hand, trying to entice a double or push them to a level where you can whack them? Thanks for your comments... -Michael

Just curious.... does anyone know the difference between a psyche and a tactical bid? Is the former a subset of the latter? Last week on OKB, after 1D (precision) - double, I responded with 1S holding: 842 875 Q872 K53 Which had the pleasant effect of opps going down in 3NT cold for 4S. Opps started in with the usual "what was 1S? how many spades did it promise? how often do you psyche?" Partner answered, "technically it's not a psyche, it's a tactical bid." I'm not sure I understand the difference... Following on with that hand, partner had: A5 JT2 AJT54 J94 and led a low diamond instead of a spade. (His RHO was the one who bid NT over my spade) Could he be accused of fielding the psyche? -Modaddy