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Well, let's see. If the auction is straight quant, you are looking for 33 HCP. When we have that, we tend not to be off two aces. An ace and a king, maybe.
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Posted 2014-October-03, 15:04
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Posted 2014-October-03, 15:22
aguahombre, on 2014-October-03, 15:04, said:
Well, let's see. If the auction is straight quant, you are looking for 33 HCP.
Well, yes. In theory, at least.
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Posted 2014-October-03, 15:41
whereagles, on 2014-September-17, 06:18, said:
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What exactly constitutes an "invite" is open for discussion to partner. Usually people invite aggressively and accept conservatively, but an underbidder might think it the other way around.
What exactly constitutes an "invite" is open for discussion to partner. Usually people invite aggressively and accept conservatively, but an underbidder might think it the other way around.
This is a wrong approach, the "underbidder" has it right: invite conservatively, accept aggressively. The gain is similar to game invitational auctions, where you won't play 2NT as often--you won't play 4NT as often.
As for 5NT re-invite, please pretend you never heard of this--in a constructive auction you should never, ever play 5NT: 5NT should be a grand slam try or a choice of slams, depending on the exact sequence.
I believe it was either Edgar Kaplan or his long time partner Alfred Sheinwold who wrote "down 1 in 2NT is a bridge misdemeanor, down 1 in 4NT is a bridge felony, down 1 in 5NT is a hanging offense ..."