whereagles Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Why are we arguing over a textbook psyche? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytoox Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 I don't see any reason to go to the 3-level with a couple of cowboys, less than 17HCP, probably some bad split, and probably only an 8 card fit. Even with the singleton, chance is huge you won't get enough ruffs, since your partner won't have trump control. Just to clarify: it was a regular partnership, but I rarely psych with him. However, he knows what psychs are, he made a few himself in the last couple of months, and I gave him the book "the art of psychic bidding" to get him familiar with them (because they might help sometimes). On our convention card it states "psychs: rare, unless against strong artificial openings" which is in this partnership correct. Before he passed my 2♠ bid, he took quite a while to think. When I pulled to 3♦, imo it's clear I psyched for everyone. You didn't psyche.You cuebid 2♠ so what ? I didn't have the hand for the 2♠ cuebid as well :P That doesn't matter :-)You may say you psyched your strength but anybody thinking that 2♠ showed a real spade suit need a reality check. There're at least 6 or 7 meanings of 2♠ before thinking about a spade suit. If 2S is a cue or any other bid except natural, then Free is supposed to alert it. He didnot alert it so 2S should be taken as natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytoox Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 I don't see any reason to go to the 3-level with a couple of cowboys, less than 17HCP, probably some bad split, and probably only an 8 card fit. Even with the singleton, chance is huge you won't get enough ruffs, since your partner won't have trump control. Just to clarify: it was a regular partnership, but I rarely psych with him. However, he knows what psychs are, he made a few himself in the last couple of months, and I gave him the book "the art of psychic bidding" to get him familiar with them (because they might help sometimes). On our convention card it states "psychs: rare, unless against strong artificial openings" which is in this partnership correct. Before he passed my 2♠ bid, he took quite a while to think. When I pulled to 3♦, imo it's clear I psyched for everyone. 1)You go to 3 level, not to make, but to preempt in this context.2)Do you agree that your pd knows better than your opponents that you are likely to psyche? 3) I dont think your opponents are strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartA Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 The theroy of "2S as cue-bid" is absurd, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 The theroy of "2S as cue-bid" is absurd, imo. I agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 You may say you psyched your strength but anybody thinking that 2♠ showed a real spade suit need a reality check. There're at least 6 or 7 meanings of 2♠ before thinking about a spade suit. I don't think it's my business to guess what my opponents mean with this bid. If it's not alerted, I assume it's natural and shows a spade suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 it's a field because he has Hxx and a stiff and didnt raise? Pass is ok since 2D was so weak, but it certainly is borderline and makes it look pretty fishy that when he chose to pass his partner had psyched. North should, of course, X 2S. Agree 100% with Justin's comment. East fielded this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 East's pass could also mean that he interpreted 2♠ as a fit-bid. East has some defensive values which means that 2♠ undoubled could be a bad spot if 2♠ is a psych. But it's not the question if East knew that 2♠ was a psych. Even if he realized that it was likely to be a psych, he should alert it if playing against opps who aren't used to psychs. It's understandable that he didn't alert it. After all, if you alert everything you might as well alert nothing. It's difficult to say how likely he thought 2♠ to be a psych and how likely he thought the opps were to anticipate a psych. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 East's pass could also mean that he interpreted 2♠ as a fit-bid. East has some defensive values which means that 2♠ undoubled could be a bad spot if 2♠ is a psych. But it's not the question if East knew that 2♠ was a psych. Even if he realized that it was likely to be a psych, he should alert it if playing against opps who aren't used to psychs. It's understandable that he didn't alert it. After all, if you alert everything you might as well alert nothing. It's difficult to say how likely he thought 2♠ to be a psych and how likely he thought the opps were to anticipate a psych. If he interpreted it as a fit bid he would have alerted. If he thought his partner MIGHT have psyched and thus passed because partner has the tendency to psyche in this auction, that is exactly what fielding is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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