Quantumcat Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 I want to tell you guys about a ridiculous convention made up by some friends (fellow youthies) during the NZ nationals (which are just finishing now). Michael Whibley and Liam were playing in a random pairs event when twice in a row, they made some pre-empt or other, one opponent made a takeout double which the other penalty-passed, and they made +1 and +2 respectively. The opponent who takeout-doubled got really abusive at their partner and Michael and Liam knew that the opponent would never dare to pass a takeout double again. They both started pre-empting randomly and started getting top board after top board as opponents got into ridiculous contracts doubled. At the end of that match they agreed to make 3C a 6-way (yes, 6-way) multi for the fun of it and the stories they brought back about its use made all of us laugh.1. 5-9 4333 hand2. a strong balanced hand (i.e. strong NT, 1NT is 10-14)3. pre-empt in diamonds4. pre-empt in clubs5. 8 playing tricks in diamonds6. 9 playing tricks in clubsGenerally, the partner of the 3C bidder would respond in their longest suit and play there (1st option was the one that came up most often), usually for two down undoubled when the opponents were cold for some game or slam or other. These results usually cancelled out the bad ones when they were in 3N making 1 when all the field is in 1N. There were at least two times though when most of the field stopped in 2N making 3 but Michael and Liam were one of the few pairs being in 3. Other bad results were being too many down in 4 or 5 C or D when a 2D or 3C bid would have been passed out. Liam played it with a few different people in the less serious events but in the NZ teams when its illegality might have caught the notice of the director (and out of courtesy to his teammates) he stopped playing it. We all enjoyed hearing about his adventures with it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhs1971 Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 really amusing！ :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjames Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Haha, nice story :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 sounds tempting to try :) :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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