On May 13, 6:36 pm, David Stevenson <brid...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >On May 13, 12:03 am, Sartaj Hans <spadede...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> The default "expert" Australian arrangement is Blackout over
Reverses.
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> >> In recent history when it has come up ,either when we bid it or the
> >> opponents did, none of the auctions were impressive. In the sense,
the
> >> final contract invariably had a big guess element to it.
> >> The post non-blackout GF continuations didnt seem to address the key
> >> issues very well.
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> >> Thats my impression. Hence the title.
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> >> Am interested in any alternate schemes devised over reverses. Or for
a
> >> more detailed account of Blackout than "Cheaper of 4th suit/2NT is
> >> NF ; all else GF".
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> >> Interested in later round actions and auctions......
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> >Have you considered the possibility that you're reversing too often?
> >1=3=4=5 with 17 points. Maybe you need to open some of those
> >1D. Obviously you can't handle a 1S response to 1C.
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> Obviously I can: I rebid 1NT.
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Yeah, we weak 1nters can do that.
VSPO probably is a strong 1nter, so he is afraid to bid a 1=3=4=5 17
count as a balanced minimum.
To be sure, those are the types of hands where standard methods
including a strong 1nt struggle. Take hands like
KJxxxx
Qx
xxx
xx
x
AJx
KQxx
AQxxx
and any contract above 2s is likely to go down, and yet without a
strong 1nt rebid available, the bidding is likely to go
1c 1s
2d 2s
2nt p/3s
and neither 2nt nor 3s is likely to play well.
These are the types of hands where weak jump ****fts help, but short of
a transfer scheme (2c = jump ****ft in diamonds, weak or strong; 2d =
jump ****ft in hearts, weak or strong; 2h = jump ****ft in spades, weak
or strong; 2s = inverted raise of clubs; 3c = to play, or something
similar), I consider the loss of the strong jump ****ft at the 2-level
to be too high a price to pay.
Henrysun909
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