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Please tell me that this is allowed.
Also I was told about 1 point deviations being allowed and 2 point deviations not being allowed.
This happened when someone opened 1NT (15-17) with AKQxx and a side A.
Is there any official status to these views?
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Posted 2010-August-29, 21:36
Wayne Burrows
I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
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I believe that the USA currently hold only the World Championship For People Who Still Bid Like Your Auntie Gladys - dburn
dunno how to play 4 card majors - JLOGIC
True but I know Standard American and what better reason could I have for playing Precision? - Hideous Hog
Bidding is an estimation of probabilities SJ Simon
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Posted 2010-August-29, 21:53
Give him a 6th card in that AKQ suit, and put me as an opponent. The TD will not be called.
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Posted 2010-August-29, 22:26
The bit about 1 and 2 point deviations is a result of Don Oakie's crusade against psychs back in the 70s. As far as I know, this view is no longer supported in NA.
Psychs of natural 1NT openings are allowed, and cannot be banned in games which follow the Laws.
It sounds to me like this is a perfectly legal psych.
Psychs of natural 1NT openings are allowed, and cannot be banned in games which follow the Laws.
It sounds to me like this is a perfectly legal psych.
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Posted 2010-August-29, 23:20
In a 15-17 range, with a K&R of 14.70, is that really even a psyche? and that is with no tens.
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Posted 2010-August-29, 23:44
I don't see any problem with that 1NT opening. However, if it is a habit and there are frequent 13HCP 1NT's in this partnership, it becomes a disclosure problem (MI) when their agreement has slid into a different range, perhaps with accompanying upgrades of 17HCP hands into the 18-19NT HCP range. This is just speculation, so a single incident is fine while frequent ones IMO are not ok if the announcement is kept at 15-17.
As to your question of "official status", I don't know what - if any - there is.
As to your question of "official status", I don't know what - if any - there is.
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