Cascade Posted February 7, 2004 Report Share Posted February 7, 2004 At the very least you should alert all your 3rd seat openers and give a clear description of the actual minimum values you might hold. If you have to alert a 3rd hand opening and say the minimum value is 0 HCP, I think your opps will go crazy! It's a known FACT that 3rd hand openings can be light, can be psychic,... Unfortunately that is not how the rules are written in many places. In many places there are restrictions on opening hands lighter than some "rule of ???". If your partnership has an agreement to open these lighter hands even in 3rd seat then you may run foul of the regulations. Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Dont tell me about rule off ???, I hate it! here we have rule of 18, and most of these hands are good enough to open according to that rule. Some are not, so I miscounted or had a ♣ between my ♠s :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricK Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Dont tell me about rule off ???, I hate it! here we have rule of 18, and most of these hands are good enough to open according to that rule. Some are not, so I miscounted or had a ♣ between my ♠s :o Rules create a level playing field. If you ignore a rule you don't approve of you are cheating those people who abide by the rule. You can bid whatever you like. But if you open eg Kxxxx Txx Tx AJx and partner makes allowances for it in his bidding then you are cheating. If, however, partner always bids as if you had at least the minimum values allowed in your locality then that would be fine. At least that is my understanding of the rules. And playing online, where people can come from localities which have different "rules of ???", it is only fair to let the opponents know what "rule of ???" (or other method) your minimum opening bids are based on. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamaco Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 With my p we have agreed to open extra-light (8+) in 3rd seat, with an eye to vulnerability and lead-direction (guidelines being the same adopted for overcalls: actually we treat 3rd hand light openings as anticipated overcalls) :rolleyes: I would open all the 3 given hands NV, or all vuln. At unfav vuln, I'd open only the better of the 3 (AQxxx in spades). We have another rule which must be respected strictly: if you open below opening value, you must be prepared to pass ANY reply by pard (not a splinter of course :P ).It turns that we frequently open light in spades, less frequently in ♥, and even less frequently in a minor (e.g. if we cannot tolerate a ♠ bid by pard bcos we have shortness there). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGF_Flame Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 Its a metter of partnership. with no drury i would pass all of them.with drury i would pass the first and open the next two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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