cellist Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 I have kibitzed a few BBO Individual tournaments, but never played any. My sense is there is hardly ever any discussion between the partners regarding bidding system, not even a "sayc pls, partner", or "4-way transfers", that kind of thing. Do the individual players assume some standard system? And what if one is only proficient in a single system (like me, and "proficient" may be rather generous :D )? Would I be better off to just ont play in an Individual Tourney? I saw on message thread that discussed a "sayc-only" individual tourney. Are there ever any of these? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 you dont play individual tourneys to win, or to be angry at your partner. you just play it for fun, to meet people,... i always asume we play sayc, but as i said in another thread, you can get funny stuff if your partner asumes we play his card (for whatever reason). I try to look at partner's card, and play 2/1 if possible, but i had one who agreed to play 2/1, pointed himself out as expert, and the bidding went 1♥-2♣-2♦-2♠-pass (!!!) I just made it in a 3-2 fit, but we missed 7♦ because of partner's bidding. so these days i dont even mind to try 2/1 in individuals... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 Playing in Indi's are a lot of fun. I try to play my pd's stats but so do my pd's sometimes which then have me playing sayc and my pd plays 2/1, lots of fun.And as for the SAYC only tourneys I think that was my thread. I am still trying to figure out a way to post a CC for all players to use. Maybe I just put it on a website and people can download it from there. Mike :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearmum Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 And as for the SAYC only tourneys I think that was my thread. I am still trying to figure out a way to post a CC for all players to use. Maybe I just put it on a website and people can download it from there. Mike :rolleyes:are you talking about Standard American Yellow Card (the REAL SAYC) or what MOST folks CALL SAYC?? -- which SHOULD be called "Standard American" :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceptic Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 I thought Fred put up BBO basic and BBO advanced systems for casual partnerships, I may be wrong (it has never happened before, but there is always a first time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweny Posted February 2, 2004 Report Share Posted February 2, 2004 :( Ah ... indi tournaments... This is cool format if you look at this as learning experience. What better test exist to see how good you adapt to other people playing/bidding styles? tee hee yes you are correct - ask what you play first rather than assume who card is in play :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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