TylerE

10 pt differences to do not score at IMPs...period.

As yet a furthur twist, with one partner I played the following stayman rebids over opener's response 2M - 4M, minimum invite to 3N 2N - May or may not have 4M, "good" invite to 3N. Range on 1N was 12-15, being able to invite at 2 different levels was helpful.

Start with 2 clubs...opening 1 on this is sick

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Totally different situation. In a robot tourney you're not forcing one or more other pairs to miss boards they'd otherwise get to play.

Why do you care? It doesn't effect your results, and if anything it increases your chances of winning.

The thing is that 3N will make on MANY layouts where 5♣ doesn't...any non ♥ lead and 3N is virtually cold, and if they allow you to slip a trick with Q♥ (very possible single dummy, esp against GIB), again, you're cold, regardless of the club situation.

I bid 3N over 3♦ and hope that they don't have 5 heart tricks. (The double neg denies A or K so I know we never have slam.)

What kind of hesitation are we talking about? 5 seconds? 10? 30? While it may not technically be a skip bid, I think this is a situation where it's totally approiate for the player to think for 10 seconds or so before calling, even if he has no intention of bidding. I don't think hesitation suggests X or 5♠ specifically, so I don't think I roll back either action, but again it kinda of depends on the hesitation for me. Not totally sure I'd consider pass an LA here in any case.

Ugh, sorry, thought I posted this in Interesting Hands. Edit: Thx rain

3OM as an unknown minimal splinter isn't unusual. When ♠ are trumps opener can sign off in 3♠ with no game interest. Typically either 3N or 4♣ asks for the short

♠ 76 ♥ A6532 ♦ AQJ9 ♣ Q4 ♠ KQT843 ♥ K9 ♦ 6 ♣ AKJ5 S dealt, all vuln at imps 1♠-2♥ 2♠-4♠ 4NT-5♥ (2 without) 6♠ Opening lead was a ♦ one in dummy with the A, now 7 of ♠, 2, K, holding. Cross over to the Q♣ -- 6♠, 5, Q, ....♦. -1

I strongly prefer 1♠ on this...treat it as a good 5-5. ♦ spots would need to be a lot better for me to open 1♦. T9 at the very least, pref. the J.

Care to name a few of them? That runs very very much against my experience.

# 3D/3H/3S Singleton or void in the suit bid, at least 4 cards in the other 3 suits, no 5card major, forcing to game.

4♠.

If GIB had an A and the major suit kings how could you possibly have been down 4?

How could there be MI damage? Surely after 2♥ is is 100% obvious what is going on?

Drury over X: Decent to good (I usually play it this way) Drury over Bids: Terrible. Seriously. DO NOT PLAY THIS

Any hand you like enough to bid 2n on vs passed 1M you should have opened in the first place

1nt seems obv. X then 1nt is a gross overbid

I'd not sure a correction is really warranted...it sounds to me like E/W have no agreement on this auction.

Looks like misbid/misunderstanding. Surely if they "knew what they were doing", they'd find either cold vuln game?

At this vuln 1100 is the worst we can ever go for. They only need to make 6 for 6♠ to be right, and if partner has a stiff any where we down 800 at most which isn't a horrific disaster opp. a vuln game.

6♠. Bidding immediatly to the highest level I'm willing to sac at.