Opening bid?

[han]

Well, of course it is also possible that the offensive potential is larger in case partner has a diamond fit so I had to check that.

 

I gave partner 1-2 hearts and 4-5 diamonds. In 400 deals hand 3 produced a total of 3726 tricks with diamonds as trump and hand 4 produced 3556. This is perhaps the first stattistically significant result and suggests that hand 3 is more offensive than hand 4.

[Winstonm]

Han,

 

That seems an awful lot of effort.

 

I, on the other hand, simply pulled some answers out of my ass and handed them over, confident that you would never know the difference. :)

 

You are quite right that the statment was gibberish - however, as it was made in "Authentic Frontier Gibberish" it carries the weight of law. B)

 

I suggest that the matter is not as simple as you make it seem.

 

On the other han(d), I am confident that if anyone would know simple, it would be you. :)

[han]

That seems an awful lot of effort.

Fortunately the computer was doing most of the work. :)

[Winstonm]

That seems an awful lot of effort.

Fortunately the computer was doing most of the work. ;)

In truth, there isn't a lot of difference between #3 and #4 becasue of the change in types of high cards, rather than only position of high cards.

[awm]

I'd think the real advantage of hand four would be if you end up actually not having a good fit. If you have to play a 5-2 heart fit for example, having the extra heart honor could be quite valuable.

 

However, I think hands three and four are roughly equivalent in strength. I was curious whether people would be more likely to open with "honors together in suits" or with "a lot of controls" and I guess I didn't pick good examples.