Finch Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 I see no connection between the Walsh style and transfer walsh. It should really have a different name. Walsh to me implies that a good hand with diamonds and a major will show diamonds first. I don't know any twalsh player who does this. eh? With a game forcing hand with 5 diamonds and a 4-card major I show diamonds in response to partner's 1C opening. This strikes me as completely normal (I've certainly seen other t-walsh players doing this). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 I see no connection between the Walsh style and transfer walsh. It should really have a different name. Walsh to me implies that a good hand with diamonds and a major will show diamonds first. I don't know any twalsh player who does this.It was called Walsh because of the Walsh convention/style, in response to a one club opening, to bypass diamond suits in favour of major suits, unless holding game forcing values Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fromageGB Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks, both. I thought it was normal to show the major first in twalsh, but then, that's the beauty of a method that has no standard definitions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks, both. I thought it was normal to show the major first in twalsh, but then, that's the beauty of a method that has no standard definitions!certainly a lot of twalsh partnerships follow MAFIA (majors first always) but in the BRUWIL bridge book that first described T-Walsh in detail (the non-swedish version), the sequence 1♣-1♠ showed diamonds, and could have a four card major if 11+ and longer ♦s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Thanks, both. I thought it was normal to show the major first in twalsh, but then, that's the beauty of a method that has no standard definitions!The standard definition is to show the major first with less than GF strength and bid naturally with a GF. The term is sometimes abused in other countries to mean showing the major first only with a weak (< invite strength) hand but I have never heard of it being ascribed to never showing diamonds first, which might perhaps be MAF (though I have no real knowledge of MAF in this context). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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