Re: bad judgment or bad luck?

On May 9, 2:06=EF=BF=BDpm, "Lorne" <lorne_ander...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Dave Flower" <DavJFlo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 8, 2:00?am, Charles Brenner <cbren...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Cavendish teams (IMP), vul vs not.
> > South deals.
> > South holds.
> > x
> > AK10x
> > KQ10x
> > AJxx
> > The system includes 4 card majors but not with this hand:
> > 1D ? ?(2S) ?pass ?pass
> > dbl ? pass ?3C ? ?pass
> > ?
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> > Under each of these four scenarios, is it bad judgment or bad luck?
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> > A. You, South, bid but pass was the winner.
> > B. You, South, pass but bidding was the winner.
> > C. Your partner, South, bid but pass was the winner.
> > D. Your partner, South, passed but bidding was the winner.
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> > Charles
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> If you don't open 1H with this hand, with what hands do you open 1H ?
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> Could there be bad judgement in system design, as if partner is 5-4 in
> the majors, the heart suit is very likely to be lost.
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> Dave Flower
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> If you open this 1H you have to rebid NT if partner bids spades
(anything
> else promises 5 hearts). =EF=BF=BDThe problem is that your hand is too
goo=
d and you
> might easily miss slam in a minor doing that, whereas the heart suit
will
> not be lost very often when partner is 5-4, for example:
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> 1D - 1S
> 2C - 2H
> 4H

Surely 2H is FSF, not natural


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> 1D - 1S
> 2C - 2D
> 2H - 3H
> 4H

Here 2H is a gross overbid, pass seems the obvious bid

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Dave Flower