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- From: geppo@dworkin.wustl.edu (Giuseppe Bianchi)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
- Subject: Re: Problems from Portland
- Message-ID: <32651@olympus.wustl.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 23:08:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.213628.11446@leland.Stanford.EDU> altus@leland.Stanford.EDU (Steve Altus) writes:
- >More than one person has written something to the effect of:
- >>>> 1. None vul. East dealer. You are West: AJ9542, T, Q7, AT32
- >>>>
- >>I would have opened 2S and avoided much of this mess.
- >>
- >
- >you people are all either the worst bunch of result merchants i've
- >ever seen or the worst bunch of bidders i've ever seen. hell, the
- >ACBL Club Series tells people who haven't played a hand in their
- >life to open this hand ONE spade! i mean, if you want to play in
- >2S cold for six clubs, i suppose that's your right...
-
- Those are the observation of one of the worst bidder you've (n)ever seen
- (I don't say result merchant because results are not known in this
- hand. Of course if you give me also the results, maybe I'd open this
- hand 4S...)
-
- 1) How many times in your life you'll play 6C opposite a passed hand with
- this hand, expecially with a *guaranteed* opening hand on your left?
-
- 2) The ACBL Club series tells to open 1H with Kx, AQJTx, QTx, KJx.
- What does Steve Altus do with this hand? I don't think he follows
- the Club series rules ... or, as usual, am I wrong?
-
- 3) we live in a real unperfect world. Given that hand in third
- position, I'm sure that most of the time the hand belongs to my
- opponents, or, if it belongs to me, I don't expect to play more
- than a partscore. Furthermore, at MP, I don't think that play in
- my clubs will lead to a good result. So, why not open this hand
- at the level I expect to play, and in the while, preempt my
- opponents? Sorry if, as usual, I'm missing something.
-
- Anyway this is the opinion of one of the lower average players that usually
- covers this newsgroup with crap. I'll try to learn something with the help
- of your constructive suggestions. Thank you.
-
- Giuseppe.
-