Bbradley62 Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Add "Too many Secretary Birds routinely behave like asses" to the list of reasons why more young people don't play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 That might be true - if young people played enough to run into said SBs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 It is almost impossible to play your first session of duplicate (assuming it's not a beginner game) without running into at least one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinidad Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Agree. Before I played my first session of duplicate, my bridge teacher specifically warned me and told me not to accept any BS from SBs. Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 So, who teaches the supposed YPs to do dumb, illegal-by-regulation things in the first place? They don't come in doing that - they learn from experience. What experience? Not the SBs; but the rest of the people who may not be *trying* to gain an advantage by speaking gibberish to the YPs - tell me, what does "Hamilton" mean? Without context, and the YPs don't have context, it probably means $10 - but certainly succeed. Yes, there are SBish things that YPs, and newer players in general, should not put up with. But starting off learning about Full Disclosure isn't one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 I know what inverted means because I play it. But are you really suggesting that means I know how other people play it? I do not know what inverted means when someone else says it because they may not play it my way. After 1♣ - 2♣ - I rebid 2♠ to show a spade stop, and no heart or diamond stop. I have run into quite a few people who play it as natural. Why? I have no idea: perhaps they have not given up on a 4-4 fit. I play the inverted raise as virtually denying a 4-card major (it can have one if it has slam interest opposite a weak NT and at least 5-card minor suit support). Is till play 1C-2C-2S as natural. Not because I'm looking for a 4-4 fit, but because telling partner you are unbalanced with 5 clubs and 4 spades helps partner evaluate his hand. Earlier this week we had an auction starting 1D - 2D - 2S (4 spade, 5+ diamonds). Responder had KQ doubleton spade, which was now a huge holding for playing in diamonds, and we bid swiftly to 6D. The other table bid the equivalent of 1D-2D-2NT-3NT and played there. Bidding out your shape is a very common principle in lots of auctions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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