3rd hand non vul prempt

[Flame]

I know its not smart to get exited after reading psychs book, but i decided to make one change in my system, a non vul 3rd hand premptive (including weak 2s) is asking partner to pass. I believe its usually wrong for partner to bid anyway, for example supporting weak v2 to the 3 or 4 level based on the law of total tricks (assuming opener as 6 cards) will help the opponents more then help us since they have game potential and we dont.

The big benefit is that opner on 3rd hand non vul is now free to do whatever he like , like bidding weak 2 on 5 cards (or 4 ) bidding it wiht 7/8 cards, or any time of psych he like (i like weak 2h with 6 card spade)

Two questions, first how good do you think this is, and second do you think it has law problems ? i mean do you consider this type of controled psych ? (i am going to alert it ofcourse)

[Gerben42]

I prefer my own rule: Partner should pass with a preemptive single raise and raise with a preemptive double raise. I don't like this "partner should pass" system, you still want to be able to save sometimes.

 

I think if partner knows you will pass then this is also an illegal convention in most jurisdictions, as it is a controlled psyche.

[han]

Yes, seems like a controlled psych to me.

 

Also doesn't seem like a good idea to me, but that's another question.

[pbleighton]

I agree with Gerben - raise with 4 and pass (usually) with 3.

 

I do this is the first two seats too ;)

 

Peter