pclayton Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Serious flame bait advocating Gerber, Capp, Bergen and Puppet Stayman We've discussed the drawbacks of these conventions before. I am teaching a two part lecture in Newport Beach entitled, "Why I have Cappeletti". I will send you the notes if you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilkaz Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Serious flame bait advocating Gerber, Capp, Bergen and Puppet Stayman We've discussed the drawbacks of these conventions before. I am teaching a two part lecture in Newport Beach entitled, "Why I have Cappeletti". I will send you the notes if you like. I trust you mean " why I hate Capp " ? If so, I'd like to see the notes also if you don't mind. thx .. neilkaz .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 On the assumption that Neil's assumption is correct, me too. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32519 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 You missed puppet stayman. The "please tell opponents both player's hands before they lead" convention. Yes, can't believe I overlooked it it's one of my LEAST favorite ;)8. Five card majors opened 1NTYet again the "modernists" preach that we should open 1NT even with a five card major. Yet the same modernists don't tell us that on a non-descript 7-9 point hand 4 of the major will often give us 10 tricks. The scoring table is set up for major fits - yet, the "modern" bidder will languish at 1NT-P-3NT with 8-9 tricks instead of +420/+620. We can't bid our hands the way they were intended to? Do we HAVE to open 1NT on AKx A9xxx xx Axx? What about AQ9xx KTx Kxx Jx? With this point in mind, LONG LIVE MARSHALL MILES AND ZEKE JABBOUR! :-)13. Puppet StaymanDo we HAVE to play this treatment? Eek. I want to cut the strings from this treatment. Then again, a natural 2NT is the aunt or uncle that is unwelcomed after three days. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Oh, a nice old topic reopened. I've found another convention that really sucks: 2NT as either minors or majors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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