[thankup123]

My profile specifies 1430. In individual tournaments I am often paired with partners who specify 0314. Is there a widely accepted convention for how to handle this? I often post a chat message at beginning of bidding that I will play partner's 0314, but I never see anyone else doing this

[gszes]

No special way to handle the situation. You are doing a good job and setting a good example to try and clear up possible future bidding problems. Keep up the good work

[tsankaR]

you bid according to your profile. as simple as that

[barmar]

tsankaR, on 2016-December-21, 23:18, said:

you bid according to your profile. as simple as that

I was going to suggest the same thing.

So if he bids 4NT, you answer 1430. If you bid 4NT, assume he'll answer 3014.

[Zelandakh]

barmar, on 2016-December-22, 09:41, said:

So if he bids 4NT, you answer 1430. If you bid 4NT, assume he'll answer 3014.

Two issues with this - first of all it is generally not allowed for a pair to play two different cards and secondly there is no reason to think that a random partner will bother checking your profile. All things considered, the approach of clearing up such points quickly at the start of a tournament/round seems eminently preferable.

[barmar]

Zelandakh, on 2017-January-04, 04:23, said:

Two issues with this - first of all it is generally not allowed for a pair to play two different cards and secondly there is no reason to think that a random partner will bother checking your profile. All things considered, the approach of clearing up such points quickly at the start of a tournament/round seems eminently preferable.

It's an individual, you don't really have any agreements unless you have discussion at the beginning of the round, which seems to be uncommon. So you're both just guessing, and you might as well guess that he's bidding according to his own profile.

Of course, it would be better to make an agreement. Whenever I play in an individual (not often), I take a quick glance at partner's profile at the beginning of the round and say something like "Your profile is OK" or "Your profile except XXX". If he doesn't have system in his profile, I'll type a quick "2/1 1430 udca?" and hopefully he'll respond.

[Phil]

Just make sure you are dealt two when you respond.