Yu18772 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 http://tinyurl.com/cvtcala Why did Gib decide on X, rather than normal forcing 2!h? Gib also decided no to show his 5 card major later.....in normal bidding Gib bidding would deny more than 4 hearts completely.Second issue is why Gib bids cuebids instead of NT with stoppers, and what is a "likely stop" (almost pregnant style?)? There is not exactly much room between 3♠ to 3NT to find out how likely is "likely stop".http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gifYu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Why did Gib decide on X, rather than normal forcing 2!h? Because GIB insists that bidding 2♥ requires 14 total points, and he values the North hand as 13. There have been several requests made to reduce this requirement a little, but staff doesn't want to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgi Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 Actually since v23 it was reduced to 11+TP for all new suits introduced on level 2. It used to be only for lower suits than opened suit before. If level is 3, points requires are 14+. Since v25, level 3 is reduced so it needs 13+TP for new suit. Level 2 is still 11+TP. Here there was another reason not to bid regular 2♥ bid. Fixed for next version(v26). Following the bidding in displayed hand, over your expected 3♦ reply on 2♥, GIB would bid 3NT after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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