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The Misadventures of Rex and Jay--#6545 How Solid is Solid?

Poll: Is this a solid suit or not? (11 member(s) have cast votes)

Is this a solid enough suit for a jump?

  1. Yes (8 votes [72.73%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 72.73%

  2. No (3 votes [27.27%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 27.27%

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#1 User is offline   microcap 

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Posted 2013-December-31, 17:07

You hold


If a 3 ♠ bid shows a solid suit, does this qualify?
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Posted 2013-December-31, 17:16

View Postmicrocap, on 2013-December-31, 17:07, said:

You hold


If a 3 ♠ bid shows a solid suit, does this qualify?


If 2♦ was GF, no for me. If not, then change my vote to yes.
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Posted 2013-December-31, 17:54

View Posttrevahound, on 2013-December-31, 17:16, said:

If 2♦ was GF, no for me. If not, then change my vote to yes.


Sorry, it was in fact 2/1 GF, sorry for that omission
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Posted 2013-December-31, 18:02

The misadventure numbers do seem to be rising consistently. Do you just increment them randomly, or is this a serious count?
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Posted 2013-December-31, 19:35

I think waiting for a solid suit wastes bidding opportunities. I prefer to make these jumps with a Very Good Suit (some specific auctions require a truly solid 6+ suit), and my standard for a VGS would be 5+ winners and at most 1 loser opposite a small stiff. This is informative enough that partner can evaluate his cards, and enables the showing of a source of tricks much more frequently than the solid suit requirement. When I'm playing SJS or XYZ, the HCP requirement varies a bit with the solidity factor. As always, YMMV.
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Posted 2013-December-31, 22:43

View PostFlem72, on 2013-December-31, 19:35, said:

I think waiting for a solid suit wastes bidding opportunities.
I think stealing an extra level in an already game-forcing auction should require something really special going on. I looked who voted "yes" so I'm probably wrong, but personally I try to avoid jumping in 2/1 auctions, unless the jump is worth the amount of bidding space we'll lose.
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Posted 2014-January-01, 09:33

View Postkuhchung, on 2013-December-31, 18:02, said:

The misadventure numbers do seem to be rising consistently. Do you just increment them randomly, or is this a serious count?


LOL I usually just add one to the auto complete! We have had way more than 6545 :)
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