BillPatch Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 forum posters or not, passing 1♣ is truly truly truly ridiculous. I agree that passing 1♣is ridiculous, but the superlatives are anoverbid. Compared to the 3♦rebid, a pass of 1♣is quitesane. For the Rueful Rabbit, momma poppa bridge is quite an improvement. By the way, my to-do list includes adjusting Jack 5.0 to avoid theseridiculous passes. It still is way better than Bridge Baron or GIB andI suspect many readers of these boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bftboy Posted April 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 I fully understand and accept that one hand doesn't prove anything, but pass was the winner here as opps will balance and end up in 2♠, down 1 after a ♣ lead and ruff. It may suggest, tho, that bidding isn't as automatic as it appears. I'm not that conservative, and I'd certainly bid 1♥ here if the suit was a little better, or longer. The real risk isn't missing a very unlikely game, it's going -200 or -300 in 1♣ when opps don't have a game, and that could certainly happen. I'm just more pessimistic than most of you that responding here will be a long-run winning action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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