nige1 Posted August 3, 2008 Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 I think it's sufficiently close to standard that I wouldn't bother discussing it with a new partner. It was described by Crowhurst in Acol in Competition (1980), as an alternative to what was then the standard meaning of natural. Ah well. Wasn't on my reading list.A classic. Should be on every bridge player's reading list :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted August 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Well, the doublers have ended the auction.The bidders haven't... 1♥ 3♥ 5♥ 6♣P 6♦ P P6♥ P P ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Well, the doublers have ended the auction. The bidders haven't...1♥ 3♥ 5♥ 6♣P 6♦ P P6♥ P P ?IMO _X = 10, 7♦ = 7.Partner's heart void may not be quite enough to underwrite a grand .... unless you judge that opponents have got into a bidding rhythm :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Well, the doublers have ended the auction.The bidders haven't... 1♥ 3♥ 5♥ 6♣P 6♦ P P6♥ P P ? I would X now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Well, the doublers have ended the auction.The bidders haven't... 1♥ 3♥ 5♥ 6♣P 6♦ P P6♥ P P ? Def double now. I mean partner should have xxx - AKQxxxxx AK or something and could easily be worse. No need to get greedy, maybe our teammates are in 5♥X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburn Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Well, the doublers have ended the auction.The bidders haven't... 1♥ 3♥ 5♥ 6♣P 6♦ P P6♥ P P ? Def double now. I mean partner should have xxx - AKQxxxxx AK or something and could easily be worse. No need to get greedy, maybe our teammates are in 5♥X.7♦ isn't so bad opposite that hand, is it? A spade lead would be worst for us, but hard to find, and on any other lead I would fancy my chances. And it's hard to imagine partner offering a forcing pass with a worse hand. Not that I would do anything other than double at the table - bidding grand slams on murky auctions in Hubert Phillips matches is, to put it mildly, unsound. Still, if it turned out that partner had the hand above, and if it turned out that we lost the match because I didn't bid 7♦, my attitude would be apologetic rather than expostulatory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 And it's hard to imagine partner offering a forcing pass with a worse hand. I don't particularly agree, but I would certainly not deny that this auction hasn't come up for me three times this week. Still if I had, say, that hand with one diamond less and one club more I'm sure I would pass over 6♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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