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Basic Precision: Jump shifts


What does 1s-(pass)-3c mean?  

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  1. 1. What does 1s-(pass)-3c mean?

    • Preemptive (clubs)
      2
    • Invitational (clubs)
      2
    • GF (Clubs)
      3
    • Don't care as long as it's natural
      1
    • Fitbid
      4
    • Minisplinter
      1
    • Bergen
      1
    • Don't care as long as it shows spades fit
      1
    • Asking bid (about clubs)
      0
    • Something else
      2


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Another poll about basic Precision, not as you play it with your regular p but as you would play it with a pick-up p.

 

When Precision was invented, everyone played strong jump shifts (allthough most Precision authors played non-forcing jump shifts after a 1 opening). Nowadays all kinds of natural and artificial jumps shifts are fasionable.

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Shouldn't this wait until the result of the "how forcing is a 2/1" poll is decided?

 

My vote would be as follows -

 

If 2/1 is GF: 3 = natural, pre-emptive

If 2/1 is GF except rebid: 3 = fit jump with 3-card support

If 2/1 is SAYC-style: 3 = some sort of 4-card raise

If 2/1 does not promise a rebid: 3 = natural, strong

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Shouldn't this wait until the result of the "how forcing is a 2/1" poll is decided?

 

My vote would be as follows -

 

If 2/1 is GF: 3 = natural, pre-emptive

If 2/1 is GF except rebid: 3 = fit jump with 3-card support

If 2/1 is SAYC-style: 3 = some sort of 4-card raise

If 2/1 does not promise a rebid: 3 = natural, strong

 

because this is a "BASIC PRECISION" thread Maybe david didn't realise where BASIC Precision systems differ from "sayc" or "2/1" or even "Acol" ( and other systems I don't list here because I don't know what they are called) as in Precision the 1 openers are LIMITED to 15 pionts

 

 

In ANY version of Precision I have EVER played in 35 (yes thirty five years of playing different Precision systems I have NEVER played 2/1 as game force cos system does NOT need it :D :) ;)

 

Even over a Precision 1 a JS to 2 level is NOT a game force !! :P ( at BEST shows a positive club or diamond suit ( 2 or 2 response) and 2/ shows 4-7 and a SIX card / suit -- so is NOT game force :P :blink: :) :D

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because this is a "BASIC PRECISION" thread  Maybe david didn't realise where  BASIC  Precision systems differ from "sayc" or "2/1" or even "Acol" ( and other systems I don't list here because I don't know what they are called)  as in Precision the 1 openers are   LIMITED to 15 pionts

 

 

In ANY version of Precision I have EVER played  in 35 (yes thirty five years of playing different Precision systems  I have NEVER played 2/1 as game force cos system does NOT need it   ;)  :D  :rolleyes:

Hmm. Despite what you say, all four of the options I described above have had some support in the poll "(non)forcing after a 2/1". I did not intend the statement "if 2/1 is GF then 3 should be natural and pre-emptive" to imply that I think 2/1GF is sensible in Precision. :) But since people are voting for it, we'd better consider the possibility of it being adopted.

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i would play the J-S as strong, GF+, natural with new P because that is how many players initially learned it (Wei, Goren, Reese, Wei-Anderson). Is this the best way (wei)? Not sure, probably not. But it is least likely to create misunderstandings.

What I find interesting is how few people play/ recall that Precision initially (if not still does) used a 2NT response to 1D& 1M as showing 16+, not Jacoby or various off-shoots where 2NT shows limit raise or better. It also played 1M - 3NT as forcing raise in M, seemingly adapted from some earlier systems like K-S.

 

If you really want to have fun, take a poll r.e. what an opening 3C bid shows. (hint-hint: It ain't your normal pre-empt per se.)

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i think it should be some strength showing bid with 4 card support, but i also think there should be some way to show mini splinters below game level... if you use 1M : 3M as a limit raise (4 cards), then the j/s can be same hand with splinter
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Fitbid or minisplinter is the most effective in my opinion (then GF hand with 4+ trump support would go via a "Sanian"-like 2NT).

 

I doubt, however, that this could be set and expected as "Standard" Precision structure...

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Keep it simple. Use strong jump shifts. Opposite a limited opening, they work well.

I like strong JS in a major, but for strong natural JS in a minor the frequency/gain does not seem to be a winner.

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No strong jumpshifts please! What century are we in anyway? Fit jumps is a good idea for example, or minisplinters which is basically the reverse.

 

You don't need SJS in a limited opening system (well not in any system but especially not in a limited opening system)

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