Re: What's wrong with the Roth point count?

On May 1, 10:33 am, OldPalooka <ashut...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

I had that auction last night [playing ks'ish methods].  I agree with
responder's pass at matchpoints.  Unforunately the opps led a heart
from 3, flew with the K from KX when I led a small club from hand at
trick 2, and then on the run of hearts [quite reasonably] decided I
did not hold 4 diamonds.  Making 4 for darn few points....  Oh is that
MY alarm clock.

== Bill Shutts

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Cleverly, Drabble's MIDMAC system admits of no natural 1nt opening bid
(it shows a hand worth at least an Acol 2-bid; 2c is the negative,
after which 2d = GF and 2H+ = one trick less than a GF hand), and the
1c opening bid is artificial, promising at least 1 four card major.

So the sequence in MIDMAC (1c 1s 1nt) shows a minimum hand with 4
hearts and no 5m, therefore either balanced or 1=4=4=4.

The issue for me isn't responder's pass, which if clear in a KS/weak
1nt context must be obvious when opener shows a minimum.  The issue is
the super severe downgrade of opener's 17 count to a minimum opening
bid.

That's what strikes me as double dummy bidding.

Henrysun909