[lowerline]

Hi,

Anyone playing T-Walsh?

1♣ - 1♦ = 4crd ♥
1♣ - 1♥ = 4crd ♠
1♣ - 1♠ = 4crd ♦

After 1♣-1♦:
1♥ = 3crd OR 15-17 4crd
2♥ = 12-14 4crd
3♥ = 18+ 4crd

Same structure after 1♣-1♥.

What do you think of this? What are your experiences?

Steven

[paulg]

lowerline, on Sep 28 2004, 04:16 PM, said:

Hi,

Anyone playing T-Walsh?

1♣ - 1♦ = 4crd ♥
1♣ - 1♥ = 4crd ♠
1♣ - 1♠ = 4crd ♦

After 1♣-1♦:
1♥ = 3crd OR 15-17 4crd
2♥ = 12-14 4crd
3♥ = 18+ 4crd

Same structure after 1♣-1♥.

What do you think of this? What are your experiences?

Steven

We play this in a system with a 14-16 1NT.

So, after 1♣-1♦:

1♥ = 11-13 balanced, only 3 hearts if very balanced
1NT = 17-19 balanced
2♥ = minimum, 3/4-card support
2NT = 6C, 3H or 5C, 4H, 15+ points
3♦ = balanced 17-19, 4-card support
3♥ = minimum, 4-card support, unbalanced

This is probably different to many others, but it works well for us.

[Poky]

lowerline, on Sep 28 2004, 04:16 PM, said:

Hi,

Anyone playing T-Walsh?

1♣ - 1♦ = 4crd ♥
1♣ - 1♥ = 4crd ♠
1♣ - 1♠ = 4crd ♦

After 1♣-1♦:
1♥ = 3crd OR 15-17 4crd
2♥ = 12-14 4crd
3♥ = 18+ 4crd

I play it this way and is pretty good.

After 1♣-1♦:

1♥=
- 3♥, 12-14 bal
- 3♥ with clubs, 11-18
- 4♥ with clubs, 7 LT (it comes very rarely that opponents pass when holding this kind of hand - so this isn't a bad part of system as it seems)

2♥=
- 4♥ 12-14 bal

3♥=
- 4♥ with clubs, 6 LT

Splinters=
- stronger hands with clubs

[Fluffy]

I play this system, ,it has been modified, and it has a ton of relays after 3rd voice, but the basic structure is as follows:

1♣-


1♦= 4+♥, denies 5♠
1♥= 4+♠
1♠= ♦ or balanced
1NT= balanced with 5♣*

*this was changed recently, I don´t understand still why, but they told me it is much better this way.

After 1♣-1♦-

1♥= 3 cards, any shape and strenght except 18-19 bal wich still redeclares 2NT.
The rest are natural, exactly the same as 1♣-1♥ biddings.


After 1♣-1♥-

1♠= 3 cards, any shape and strenght except 18-19 bal wich still redeclares 2NT.
The rest are natural, exactly the same as 1♣-1♠ biddings.

After 1♣-1♠-

1NT = 12-14, can be with singleton ♦ if 3 suiter or bad 5 clubs, otehrwise balanced.
2♣ = nat
2♦= 15+, 5+♣, 4+♦ F1R**

Rest are natural strong.

**We open 1♦ with 4♦+5♣ 12-14.

[han]

I would love to play this, but unfortunately it is illegal in the US (at least using general convention chard). If somebody powerful reads this, please change it!

[helene_t]

I play this, it's slightly more accurate than Walsh and slightly more likely to right-side the contract, but it rarely matters. Sometimes the accuracy is more helpful to the opps than to yourself. Also, it makes the opp's auction more accurate aswell since they can use lead-directing doubles.

What I like the most is that I, as opener, can rebid 1NT (12-14) with a singleton in partners suit - because I denied 3-card support it does not make my rebid awfully inaccurate, and I don't have to repeat a modest 5-card clubs. Also, I don't have the dillema of when to support with 3 trumps.

Also, as a responder I can often decide who's going to declare in 3NT. If I have some tennaces to protect I can bid 2NT or 3NT immediately instead of transfers. Also, after the transfer accept I can bid notrumps myself or try to pursuade p to bid ntrumps by using a relay.

There is lots of room for augmenting the convention by assigning meanings to the 2nd responses after 1♠.

[Fluffy]

Wow I was pissed about our restriction of opening 1 level with less than 10 HCP, but seems americans always have to be more... more on any way, but more