On Apr 28, 1:04 pm, admiral_vict...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> When my friends and I started playing Acol Bridge some time ago ( 4
> card majors , Weak NT (12-14 PTS) , we were told by our instructor to
> bid 4-card suits "up" and 5-card suits "down" , i.e bid 4D before
> showing 4S and bid 5S before 5C for instance.
>
> Now that we have been playing a bit longer , we have forgotten the
> reasoning behind this advice and one of us in particular wonders why
> the 5-card bidding advice was given this way.
>
> Can anyone remind me why this advice is given again?
>
> B.N.
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Is this really the current ACOL standard? One opens a balanced hand
with a 4M only when not holding a 4m?
I would have thought that
AKxx or AKxx
QJx QJx
KQxx KQxx
xx Ax
would be standard 1s opening bids in ACOL, as
Qx of Ax
KQxx KQxx
Axx AJx
KQxx KQxx
would be standard 1h opening bids
If one is going to open the lower of two 4-card suits, then it would
make more sense (to me) to play KS (weak 1nt, 5 card majors) and ACOL
two bids.
Here is, to me, the strongest justification for opening 1M with 4
cards and a balanced 15-16/17 point hand:
if partner raises on 3 you are probably in a playable contract due to
opener's extra strength and in any event are on much firmer ground
than when opener could have a balanced 12-14. So while you may not be
maximally plus (+110 instead of +120, or rarely -50/-100 instead of
+90), you will probably still be plus (I will run a simulation later
today and see how 4-3 fits work with a balanced 15-16 opposite a 3-
card raise with 5-7, 6-9, and 7-9 hcps opposite).
More im****tantly, if the auction goes 1M p 2M p ? p ?, it is much more
dangerous for the opponents to balance when opener could have a
balanced 15-17 and responder be raising on 3 card sup****t only. If
the hands are something like
Jxx
QTxx
xx
Kxxx
AQxx
Kx
KQxx
Qxx
and the opponents balance after 1s p 2s, either in the balancing or so-
called pre-balancing seat, they are in big trouble.
Henrysun909
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