Al_U_Card Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Eddie Kantar wrote a small book about forcing passes, it was a gem. For me, we have to have shown the values for game, the opps have to be obviously sacrificing against us at game level or higher and usually we are red. Any other ideas or situations where a pass is forcing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 I hadn't thought of the "we have to be red part", but it makes some sense. My regular partner and I decided long ago that if the opponents bid and raise their own suit, then NT was usually not a good idea, so we adopted good/bad 2N. We extended this into what we believe is a logical extension, in that either parter, with game-going values, bids 3N in competition to "set" the forcing pass into play - all other bids, including new suits at the 4 level or a jump directly to game are based on distribution, and we do not have to then double or bid on. 1H-1S-2H-3S 3N* Forcing pass applies. 4H/4C/4D** Forcing pass does not apply. 1C-P-1H-1S2H-3S-3N* Forcing pass is on.4H/4C/4D ** It is off. Hope this helps. WinstonM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigpenz Posted June 5, 2005 Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 intersting I am sure Freds opponents from the last board of the overtime match in the semifinals are asking themselves this question also and they are world class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 I follow the rules on Robson/Segal book. May not be the best out there but at least they're easy to use and seldom lead to mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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