kfgauss Posted September 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 My strategy when playing Psycho Suction is very simple.If I have the 1-suiter, bid as I would have when bidding naturally.If I have the 2-suiter, bid at the level I would if I was playing specific 2-suiters. If I am responder, I figure out "where do I want to play opposite the 1-suiter" and "where do I want to play opposite the 2-suiter" and bid the lowest of those. I realize that a big advantage of psycho suction is that if they double then pass suddenly becomes an option, but if they pass, do you ever choose to pass, and if so when? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 My strategy when playing Psycho Suction is very simple.If I have the 1-suiter, bid as I would have when bidding naturally.If I have the 2-suiter, bid at the level I would if I was playing specific 2-suiters. If I am responder, I figure out "where do I want to play opposite the 1-suiter" and "where do I want to play opposite the 2-suiter" and bid the lowest of those. I realize that a big advantage of psycho suction is that if they double then pass suddenly becomes an option, but if they pass, do you ever choose to pass, and if so when? Andy If it goes 1C-2H(hearts or blacks) pass, I would often pass this as responder. If, for instance, I had a stiff heart I would pass (as pard rates to have hearts, and if he doesn't then going down undoubled wont be bad). If I had a 3244 yarb I would pass (same reasoning on them passing it out undoubled...). etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbleighton Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 "As an aside, we now play that a X of any overcall of a big C is a balanced/semi balanced gf." Ron: What do you do with invitational hands (~5-7 opposite a 16+ club)? Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Pass with 5, 6-8, we bid sliding rubensohl at the 1NT level+:1H/S natural, 6-8, can be 4 cards1N= t/f to C etc invit+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tysen2k Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Has anyone tried "inverted psycho suction" where bids are like: 2♣ = minors or hearts2♦ = reds or spades My partner and I have agreed to play it but we don't often play against strong club pairs so we don't have a good sample size. For 2-suiters at the 2-level we require 4 in the suit bid and 5 in the next one up so that partner usually "corrects" if he is relatively equal in both suits. If we only have 44 (or 45 with a longer lower ranking suit) we usually just use CRASH at the 1-level. Dbl and 1♦ overcalls should be very rare so we use those to show hearts and spades respectively with real values (say 11+ HCP). Has anyone else tried inverted psycho? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waychan Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 1S/2S = natural1NT/2NT ＝ suction C or D+H1D/2D = suction H or S+CX = suction D or H+S1H = 5D-4X2C = 5C-4X2H = 5H+5S3C = 5C+5D How about this? modified suction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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