Rado

Hi all, my top's: 1. Partnership bidding at bridge - Robson/Seagal 2. To bid or not to bid + Following the law - Larry Cohen 3. Better bidding with Bergen - Marty Bergen

Hi Ben the answer to the poll is ALL Rado

Hi Jilly and all, Interesting position you've posted. First of all after 1♦-DBL - 1♥/♠ remain 4+ cards and forcing 1 round:-) Back to the topic if no other forcing bids agreed better start with RDBL and next bid 2/3♦ to show FG values with ♦ fit. This sequence will place the NT right side and/or will discover possible slam or 5♦. Jumping directly to 3NT seems acceptable but sometimes might be wrong. In case you play 1♦-pass-2♦ as F1 (inverted) there is much to say to keep same after 1♦-DBL With some of my regular partners we play 1m-DBL-2m as F1 which fits perfectly for such situations Best regards Rado

Hi all, Just not to forget that defenders are also allowed to claim, not only declarer Rado

Hi Jilly and all 1. The KISS (keep it simple and smile) way is just to use 4NT and if 1 Key card bid 6. Yes there is a risk 2 quick ♣ losers, or to have ♣ control but dead 2 losers. Anyway statistically for the limit raise partner will have suitable cards most of the cases 2. The "Science" way (but not too complex) is to bid 4♦ showing ♦ control (A or K, or singleton or void) and denying ♣ control. Now it's partner's turn to bid asf: -----if no ♣ control in his hand = 4♠ pure sign-off -----if ♣ control available, but ♥ control not then he bids 4♥ so called anti-cue, whick conveys following message to the opener: "Dear partner I have ♣ control (the questionable suit for the moment since opener had already denied control there) but I do not have ♥ control, so please take the decision!!!!!!!!!" -----if ♣ and ♥ controls then simply 4NT RKCB The main idea of "mixed" cue-bids is to check whether all suits outside trump guarded by some kind of 1st/2nd round controls before asking 4NT for KC and when founding quick 2 losers in 1 suit to retreat peacfully at 4 Major level not risking 5 where may go down due to some surpisingly bad breaks Regards Rado

Case 1: S ... W ... N ... E 2C ..2D ..?? Case 2: S ... W ... N ... E P! ...2D ...?? So, which of Case 1 and Case 2 provides North with more bidding space? The Pass or the 2C opener? YOU may wish to consider the possibility of intervention as a "separate theme to discuss". *I* say there is no justification for separating the themes. Thank YOU very much for your mentoring tone Will try to follow always ONLY your advices Rado

You may be right. An alternative viewpoint is that the amount of bidding space available to you is only that much space that the opponents allow you. Extrapolating the consequence of that it MAY be better to ensure that your bid definitions are evenly divided between the bids available. To Eye: I mean that opening PASS (13+) saves some space than opening 2♣ FG for example. Opponents have the right to interfere always (it does not matter what system you use) and Opps overcalls are seperate theme to discuss. to Luis: You are absolutelly right about the probabilities of 0-7p, 8-12p, and 13+ and thats one of the major advantages of FP sys: the most probable range 8-12 is described immediattely with picture opening Regards Rado

hi all When gunpowder was invented there was not available any defence. After that armour was invented. All progress of Humanity is similar and I believe new conventions and defences are good for the development of the game Rado

Hi all, Having in mind the rules of bridge (allowed bids, methods of scoring, vulnerability) Forcing Pass proved to utilize the bidding space to supply the mathematical maximum (or near it) information available for description of the hands. I strongly believe that Forcing Pass will be the future of the bidding in our beloved game called bridge. I have some experience playing Lambda, Beznazvy(No name) and Rozkladowy system in the early 90's. It was really exciting especially when both pairs used similar methods:-) Rado

Further to Marc's nice words I want just to add that most of us (who love bridge) were juniors at some time :-))))))))))))) Rado

seems different schools Flame:-)

Hi all, Please correct me If I'm wrong: "when I learned natural methods with 5 card Majors it' was GENERAL rule that new suit is forcing 1 round" NMF is just a nice continuation of the above. Sure simple 2♣ (Roudi) or 2 -way checkback are further improvements of the above idea. Rado

Hi Ron, seems quite comfortable for most BG players :-))))))))))))))))))) Rado

Hi all, the easiest way to store 1(one message) without jumping to other products: 1.click "chat" 2.write the message, without sending 3. with mous mark the message 4. click "Ctrl+C" buttons together (copy to clipboard) 5. send the message ( or not send anyway it's stored) 6. next time you want to say same, click "chat" 7. click "Ctrl+V" and the same words appera 8. click send Regards Rado

Hi all, Sorry to disturb some, but in my view BBO forums are mainly for posting bridge problems/questions/cases/funny moments and everyone is welcomed to share her/his opinion on the theme. Typing longeous posts to explain someone's feelings maybe should be redirected to another forum. Greetings Rado