Free Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 :D only one person so far has put the most common opener PASS :D Pass is not a bid, it's a call. So it doesn't qualify as an opening bid either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackojack Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 In Acol and by a long way. 1♥. Hmmm maybe by not such a long way as now there is an increasing tendency to open 1NT with a 12-14 major 5332. All systems combined Ben has the answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 If you open 1C with 3-3 and 1D with 4-4, is 1C actually more frequent? 4333/3433 is more common than 3244/2344, but you also open 1♦ with 5-5 minors and with (41)44, and some would open 1♦ with 4-5 minors. So for standard bidders, 1♦ probably wins by a small margin. Same in most Acol styles, and in precision styles with a more or less nebolous diamond. OTOH in Polish Club, 1♣ wins by a huge margin, and in Dutch/Scandinavian/Italian styles 1♣ would win with a smaller margin. I cannot really figure it out theoretically but my feeling from playing at bbo is that 1♣ is most common. Ben's stats show that 2NT openings are very common. Probably more common than they should be. Especially in the main room. This may be the biggest difference between main room and tournaments. Funny that 2♠ is much more common than 2♥ in tournaments. 2♦ not so common, maybe because it is undiscussed in many pick-up partnerships. And Wilcox/Benji/Precision//Flannery 2♦ openings are infrequent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 But Ben, don't the precisionists always opening 1♦ and the canape clubbers always opening 1♥/1♠ cancel each other out? Or do the moscitoists with their 1♦/1♥ preference tip the scales? Seriously, I think "look at all the precision players" is a very US-centric view of things. In other parts of the world, serious partnerships have more choices than just 2/1 or precision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 I think clearly 1♣. If you play strong NT I guess 1♣, weak NT may well be 1N. What is this "if"? This question is being asked of all bridge players who play all systems combined. The instruction was to open the bidding please, looked like what is YOUR most common opening bid. In the UK I would wager 1N by a large margin. In the US 1♣. Where strong club is prevalent 1♦. Across the world, probably depends what they play most commonly in china :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 I wonder if the large increase in openings of six of a suit in tournaments vs main room is significant in any way. Over four times as many openings! Of course it could be an irregularity due to small sample size .. but all four suits are inflated this way, so I tend to think there is something real going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 I wonder if the large increase in openings of six of a suit in tournaments vs main room is significant in any way. Over four times as many openings! Of course it could be an irregularity due to small sample size .. but all four suits are inflated this way, so I tend to think there is something real going on. It's not statistically significant. Recall that each hand is played 16 times so if there is a single hand on which a 6-opening is obvious it would already count for 16. Same with the disparity between the four queens as opening lead in the other thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 I wonder if the large increase in openings of six of a suit in tournaments vs main room is significant in any way. Over four times as many openings! Of course it could be an irregularity due to small sample size .. but all four suits are inflated this way, so I tend to think there is something real going on. It's not statistically significant. Recall that each hand is played 16 times so if there is a single hand on which a 6-opening is obvious it would already count for 16. Same with the disparity between the four queens as opening lead in the other thread. aha yes I forgot that bit. Was thinking of 100,000 different hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 I thought the answer was 1C, but then I saw Ben's post and figured he had used bridgebrowser at some point to know it was 1D. Turns out he fooled me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryallen Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 :D only one person so far has put the most common opener PASS :) Pass is not a bid, it's a call. So it doesn't qualify as an opening bid either... Does not qualify as an opening bid, but it certainly qualifies as an opening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 :D only one person so far has put the most common opener PASS :) Pass is not a bid, it's a call. So it doesn't qualify as an opening bid either... Does not qualify as an opening bid, but it certainly qualifies as an opening? Sure, but that's not what the OP asked :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 I wonder if the large increase in openings of six of a suit in tournaments vs main room is significant in any way. Over four times as many openings! Of course it could be an irregularity due to small sample size .. but all four suits are inflated this way, so I tend to think there is something real going on. Ghoulash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 Or do the moscitoists with their 1♦/1♥ preference tip the scales? In MOSCITO the most frequent opening bid is probably 1NT>>>1♥>1♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 I'll need to double check the precise frequencies, but the most common openings when I was playing MOSCITO were 2♦1N1♣2♥ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 I'll need to double check the precise frequencies, but the most common openings when I was playing MOSCITO were 2♦1N1♣2♥ of which 2♦ and 2♥ aren't really part of MOSCITO, but a preempt structure :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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