Well then...
#1
Posted 2012-November-14, 17:17
Partner is a learning beginner...system is rather basic...
♠T
♥KJxx
♦Kxx
♣Qxxxx
1♦*-(1♥)-1N-(3♥**)
4♣-(P)-4♠***-(P)
5♦-(P)-??????
* 3+D
** Weak
*** Control
Are you feeling lucky...punk?
Junior - Always looking for new partners to improve my play with..I have my fair share of brilliancy and blunders.
"Did your mother really marry a Mr Head and name her son Richard?" - jillybean
#2
Posted 2012-November-14, 18:50
East4Evil ♥ sohcahtoa 4ever!!!!!1
#3
Posted 2012-November-14, 19:38
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:
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#4
Posted 2012-November-15, 02:56
Opposite a better partner I would bid 6 ♣. Do partner really hold less then Ax,-,AQxxxx,AKxxx? I doubt it, but I do not see any extras which I did not show with 4 ♠.
Roland
Sanity Check: Failure (Fluffy)
More system is not the answer...
#5
Posted 2012-November-15, 06:19
#6
Posted 2012-November-15, 06:32
Rik
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#7
Posted 2012-November-15, 09:25
#8
Posted 2012-November-15, 09:53
Rik
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!), but “That’s funny…” – Isaac Asimov
The only reason God did not put "Thou shalt mind thine own business" in the Ten Commandments was that He thought that it was too obvious to need stating. - Kenberg
#9
Posted 2012-November-15, 12:05
Junior - Always looking for new partners to improve my play with..I have my fair share of brilliancy and blunders.
"Did your mother really marry a Mr Head and name her son Richard?" - jillybean
#10
Posted 2012-November-15, 12:09
RunemPard, on 2012-November-15, 12:05, said:
One of many reasons to treat him with enough respect to bid 6C. With regard to Rik's "teammates bringing back 4S=", we will have a double digit plus no matter what happens to 6C.
#11
Posted 2012-November-15, 12:16
- billw55
#12
Posted 2012-November-15, 12:31
lalldonn, on 2012-November-15, 12:16, said:
You would trust a "good" partner to bid 5D instead of 5C if slam isn't on? A good partner would assume clubs are trump.
#13
Posted 2012-November-15, 19:06
1) The difference between X-Y-X and X-Y-Y patterns
2) Playing strength required for a 4-level free bid.
Beginners want learn. I'd dwell on that more than the actual result.
Trust demands integrity, balance and collaboration.
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Unit 124
Steve Moese
#14
Posted 2012-November-16, 03:35
lalldonn, on 2012-November-15, 12:16, said:
This is precisely my thought. Most "learning beginners" do not even know what a control bid is, let alone bidding one without first agreeing a suit. Heck, I would not even trust the average "BBO Advanced" to deal with this 4♠ call.
#15
Posted 2012-November-16, 09:41
lalldonn, on 2012-November-15, 12:16, said:
Maybe the learning beginner was playing with a beginning teacher?
Rik
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!), but “That’s funny…” – Isaac Asimov
The only reason God did not put "Thou shalt mind thine own business" in the Ten Commandments was that He thought that it was too obvious to need stating. - Kenberg
#16
Posted 2012-November-16, 10:11
We all tend to extrapolate to others our own characteristics and I'm certainly doing that here.
Partner should have an extraordinary hand for 5♦. There is a good chance that he doesn't, since he is a beginner.
If he has the hand he should hold, then reaching slam and making it will be a positive reinforcement for good bidding.
If he doesn't have the hand, and we fail, then in the (later) post-mortem we can explain why we bid slam...that we were relying on his bidding, and how his bidding indicated the hand he didn't actually hold.
I know that I learn more from mistakes that cost than from mistakes from which partner saved me.
I am assuming here that we have an interest in helping this player improve, and that interest should outweigh any particular one-hand result.
If the problem is about grand, then I will apologize for my underbidding, and argue that some hand are just too tough.....I think he'd bid the same way with Ax void AQxxxx AJ10xx and now grand is not good.
#17
Posted 2012-November-16, 12:09
K7
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AQ8543
AKT83
Junior - Always looking for new partners to improve my play with..I have my fair share of brilliancy and blunders.
"Did your mother really marry a Mr Head and name her son Richard?" - jillybean
#18
Posted 2012-November-16, 12:13
RunemPard, on 2012-November-16, 12:09, said:
K7
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AQ8543
AKT83
I think she should bid a simple blackwood, as you have denied the ace of hearts. Or maybe just slam directly because you can't really have AS, KD, QC, and a heart stopper (I guess Axx Qxx Kx xxxxx is possible, or 3415, so that may be too lazy). Either would be simpler than any cuebid. But well done by your partner nonetheless!
- billw55
#19
Posted 2012-November-17, 09:47