lloopy Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I am playing with an 'advanced' german player today, and he doesn't know what gerber is, saying he plays 'Forum D'. What's this system look like? Thanks in Advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 5card majors, strong NT. Similar to SEF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 In practice you can get away with agreeing to "forum D" "sayc" "sa" "sef" for less than 50 boards with a partner if you know 10% of either system. Trust me, I've tried :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloopy Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Thanks. I was wondering what an 'Advanced' player was doing not knowing Gerber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 ask Walddk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloopy Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 ask Walddk Who or what is walddk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 It's me and I don't know what they are talking about. I must be below advanced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Welcome to the forum, Iloopy! Many posters here make jokes about the gerber convention. As you may already have noticed :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 YOu can be advanced without knowing Gerber. Maybe it is hard to become a Forum Expert without Gerber and Flannery, but surely possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'll be on holiday for a month from Monday. All 281 vugraph commentators on my contact list were notified earlier today. This is what I got back from one of them: "Have a wonderful, well-deserved holiday, Roland. We’ll record all Flannery bids for you!" I would appreciate if someone will be good enough not to do the same with G. Hope it won't put too much pressure on you :) Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikl Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Hrm, Roland going on holiday for a month, Ashes about to start... Enjoy the cricket Roland :P Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 What's a Gerber, please? Is it the same as a gerbil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Ron, my teacher promised me to teach me Gerber and Flannery in the "expert course".I will give you a summary as soon as I learned it. But don't use this weapon on your poor Thai hosts, their smile will disapear. In the moment we ty to understand some systems like Fantunes, Nightmare and TOSR, but right after we fully understand these systems, we will start the advanced stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Ron, my teacher promised me to teach me Gerber and Flannery in the "expert course".I will give you a summary as soon as I learned it. But don't use this weapon on your poor Thai hosts, their smile will disapear. In the moment we ty to understand some systems like Fantunes, Nightmare and TOSR, but right after we fully understand these systems, we will start the advanced stuff. Thanks Roland. By the way, I am in Laos not Thailand. Have been here or 3 years. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Please do not assume that the G-convention is in anyway related to me. Thanks :) Fantunes is easy Roland, basically just agree never to pass a suit bid on the 1-level *g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 In practice you can get away with agreeing to "forum D" "sayc" "sa" "sef" for less than 50 boards with a partner if you know 10% of either system. A funny story perhaps. 3 days before the German national indi championship, a Finnish player living in Munich wrote to a newsgroup that he would like to know all about this "Forum D" stuff since he was going to play in this tourney and some people were going to play this system with him. After some fuzzy responses, none of which probably helped him much, he got 3rd place in the indi :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Who was the US actor who knew a lot about Gerbils? I think I saw a video once where he stuffed......no can't say it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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