Stephen Tu Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 [hv=d=w&v=n&s=s9hkq752dq83ca752]133|100|Scoring: MPp-p-p-?[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Pass. Yuck. Who is or was Pearson, anyway? I know what his points are, and I first heard of the idea more than 20 years ago, but I don't think I heard them called Pearson Points until fairly recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Odd concept. I have an opening hand. I open. 1♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Tu Posted April 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Who is or was Pearson, anyway? Pearson = Don Pearson, Los Angeles area expert, I believe "was" applies. Played with John Swanson (Soloway's Bermuda Bowl partner in 1970s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 I pass, and think that even though it's clear it wouldn't take much more to make it an opener. It has terrible spots, short spades, random queen. Really I can't think of a single reason to open other than saying you would always have opened in other seats, therefore you open. That's as bad a rule on one end as requiring 15 pearson points is on the other end. This hand has medicore offense and defense so I'm letting it go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 1♥. Yucky though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_h Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 1H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOL Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Han would open no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 2H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Open only when opponents are weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Wasn't Pearson was the guy from the "Pearson correlation coefficient"? /nerd mode OFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Tu Posted April 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 I thought it was really, really close. It was the last hand of the evening, I took a minute and passed, and had contemplated taking another 3 minutes to see if I'd change my mind since there would be nothing else to do. Only pass-out with 9 tables (none of the 3 other hands a clear opener), I wanted to double-check if I was crazy. Pass turned out to be right double-dummy (we can make 2H, they can make 2S), and was worth 62.5% of the matchpoints. Who knows if it's right in general, switch some of the hands around and it could have easily been wrong. So for the passers, how close is it to opening? One more jack somewhere? Two tens? Move the Q to clubs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 I thought it was really, really close. It was the last hand of the evening, I took a minute and passed, and had contemplated taking another 3 minutes to see if I'd change my mind since there would be nothing else to do. Only pass-out with 9 tables (none of the 3 other hands a clear opener), I wanted to double-check if I was crazy. Pass turned out to be right double-dummy (we can make 2H, they can make 2S), and was worth 62.5% of the matchpoints. Who knows if it's right in general, switch some of the hands around and it could have easily been wrong. So for the passers, how close is it to opening? One more jack somewhere? Two tens? Move the Q to clubs? Last hand? Get your round 12 scores and go home :) The ♥J would do it and the ♥10 might. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 I'd pass, but my partner opens crap (as do I) when he has spades, even in second seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 I'd need another queen, or the diamonds and spades swapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 I would need a red suit jack or any queen, I think. Or yes, changing the shape so we don't have short spades any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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