Re: Whoopee!

the strenght of a big club system is not the 1C opening -  it is the 
weakest part.  The strenght is the limited openings

Michael Sullivan wrote:

> Will in New Haven <bill.reich@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>I love playing against Big Club systems. It is so much fun to make
>>someone who has announced that he has a strong hand start showing his
>>suits at the three-level. It was even more fun to have the system-dorks
>>explain to us that they gained more options when we interfered. The
>>Precision-gurus who taught them the system had taught them that mantra
>>and they repeated it and repeated it and took bad board after bad
>>board.
> 
> 
> I played a precision variant for a while with a partner who really liked
> it, and I definitely didn't feel that way.  I never much liked bidding
> 1C against good opposition who understood this, but the much better
> defined suit openers seemed to be a pretty good trade-off when playing
> MPP.  
> 
> I'm not sure how I'd like the system (against good players) playing IMPs
> or rubber/chicago where playing big hands optimally is more valuable
> relative to the bread and butter.  
> 
> But the biggest advantage big club systems have is against timid
> players.  If people aren't willing to preempt aggressively vs. your big
> club, precision will *destroy* them.  And at club games, even pretty
> good ones, there are always a number of these.
> 
> 
> Michael
> 

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