000002 Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 i would like to oppose those 2♠ or 2♥ competition,i will preempt 3♠ to my opponent,i am fighter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Actually, I think the reason that High/Low cue-bids have lost favour have been the frequent director calls and dreadful scores gained by auctions like this: N E S Wsomething 3C* something something else X 4C/P depending on whether the person is ethical or not, having made a weak jump overcall in clubs. David Burn wrote a very amusing article on David Stephenson's webpage, here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 funny article.. still, i was pleased to see that he at least agrees that hi/low is theoretically sounder than michaels... the problems the article point to revolve more around forgetting the convention than anything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 I voted for 2♠. The 6-5 compensates for the relatively weak suit at these colors. I don't like a 2 suited call when the 6 carder is a major. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaakker Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 This hand is perfect for the constructive overcall system which I play with one of my regular partners. It's legal in the ACBL General Convention Chart and is used at any vulnerability provided that the length requirements are met. Over 1 of a Major: 3 of a minor shows THAT minor and the OTHER major with at least 5/5 distribution. Partner passes or corrects unless he has enough to force to game. As always caution is used. I've never exercised this on less than 5/5 and with 5/5 i'm careful about values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceptic Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Yet another thread about a terrible bid that worked out Funny how often we get these rather than the terrible bid that got hammered. I have posted loads of these :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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