GreenMan Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 You are right, and thank you for the thoughtful reply. I do find it hard to be disciplined and the honest reason is because I'm bored and feel like doing silly things just for the fun of it. Playing with robots doesn't help in that sense :) Too true! Last year I was prepping for the NAPs with an actual human partner, and I had to cut myself off from the robot tourneys because I was picking up too many bad habits. FWIW that partner and I played a strong-club system with light openings, and that's an easy 1♠ opener. But without having spent hours with P learning and practicing a system that supports bidding on such an airy collection, I wouldn't dream of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellSpyder Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 FWIW that partner and I played a strong-club system with light openings, and that's an easy 1♠ opener. FWIW I play a strong-club system with what I thought were light openings, but this is nowhere near a 2nd in hand vulnerable 1♠ opener for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainy11 Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 will open if spade was better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMan Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 FWIW I play a strong-club system with what I thought were light openings, but this is nowhere near a 2nd in hand vulnerable 1♠ opener for me. Our 1♥/♠ are 8-14, could be only 4 if 10-14. But change a K to a Q in the example hand and it's a pass; 8-9 requires more shape. I don't know if it's a theoretically sound system, but I've had some good results and a lot of fun with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordontd Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 will open if spade was betterYes, I too would open if it were a different hand. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1cha Posted October 28, 2014 Report Share Posted October 28, 2014 All vul, IMPs, 2nd seat. You are playing with a BBFer. Would you open?[hv=pc=n&n=s87643hk4dk97cat7]133|100[/hv] Oh sure! Though certainly not with a random partner playing a standard system. But I used to play a 9-to-14-point balanced 1NT opening where we would systematically open hands such as these even if one of the kings were a queen. The system worked well but was quite intricate (and had to be), some 90 % of the subsequent auction had to be alerted. It was also fun to play at least for us. For other players it may be a little bit tiring - when your opponents open 1NT 50 % of the time ... :) Recently I started playing a 2♦ opening with exactly 5 cards in ♠ below opening strength, a kind of 5-card weak-two. Your hand can be opened 2♦ in this system though I wasn't actually thinking of 5-card suits starting with an 8. I don't have enough experience yet with the system to say how well this one works. Dummy tabled:[/size] [hv=pc=n&s=sq2haj8da8532ckq4]133|100[/hv] With this hand partner would bid 3NT right away in both cases. No discussion necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 All vul, IMPs, 2nd seat. [hv=pc=n&n=s87643hk4dk97cat7]133|100[/hv] Dummy tabled:[/size] [hv=pc=n&s=sq2haj8da8532ckq4]133|100[/hv] we would systemically open hands such as these even if one of the kings were a queen. The system worked well but was quite intricate (and had to be), some 90 % of the subsequent auction had to be alerted. With this hand partner would bid 3NT right away in both cases. No discussion necessary.You used big words like system and intricate, right? It seems with these companion hands, there will be a strong NT opening and 3NT will be reached --- for a probable wash except the embarrassment at having opened 1S and the lack of a confident redouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhchung Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 No longer unanimous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 No longer unanimous. Wasn't me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2005 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Playing an inappropriate system I open because pass shows 4+ heartsyou have to open when ever you have 0-3♥? That's pretty weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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