Defense against strong two club opening
#1
Posted 2017-January-24, 15:31
#2
Posted 2017-January-24, 16:37
CRaSh is GOOD!
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#3
Posted 2017-January-24, 17:06
SteveMoe, on 2017-January-24, 16:37, said:
CRaSh is GOOD!
I think that you agree. Yes, favoureble vulnerability helps surely and can allow to bid easier (and more) expecially by first opp (2♣ - ?(=first opp) ..-..) and partner can value how to continue if supporting (=bid level/n.r of supp. cards). Balanced or half-balanced hands with few points seem not be indicated to interfer while unbalanced are right for bidding. Actually we are talking only of these one to open dialogue.
#4
Posted 2017-January-25, 02:21
Lovera, on 2017-January-24, 15:31, said:
Isnt that pretty much how players already bid?
Only... when opps open strong 2C, I always seem to hold a hand like:
xxx xxx xxx xxxx
or similar
#5
Posted 2017-January-25, 03:22
Stefan_O, on 2017-January-25, 02:21, said:
Only... when opps open strong 2C, I always seem to hold a hand like:
xxx xxx xxx xxxx
or similar
Yes, certainly that can have it and in this case partner will bid consequently (but you considered before this situation reversed).
#6
Posted 2017-January-25, 03:29
#7
Posted 2017-January-25, 03:38
FWiiW I agree with Steve's first sentence wholeheartedly and have had a lot of success against club level opps with light (probably unsound) overcalls of their strong artificial openings.
#8
Posted 2017-January-25, 03:58
Zelandakh, on 2017-January-25, 03:38, said:
FWiiW I agree with Steve's first sentence wholeheartedly and have had a lot of success against club level opps with light (probably unsound) overcalls of their strong artificial openings.
Infact at a certain point is a matter to choise, i think necessarly, a convention (like these one) and i for better to define, has become in this way. There are ultheriors declarative situations to consider subsequently.
#9
Posted 2017-January-25, 04:18
Lovera, on 2017-January-25, 03:58, said:
Could you perhaps re-write this (in real English)? I would probably have more idea what was meant if you had posted the Italian and I plugged that into Google Translate!
#10
Posted 2017-January-25, 04:34
#11
Posted 2017-January-25, 05:20
#12
Posted 2017-January-25, 06:27
SteveMoe, on 2017-January-24, 16:37, said:
Absolutely. There was a hand recently where I overcalled opps' strong 2C with 2H on a pretty flimsy 5-5 reds, partner bounced to 3H on just a doubleton, and it won us 12 IMPs as they got into the wrong game. We could have gone for 800, of course, but they don't always suspect that if you're green and they're red.
ahydra
#14
Posted 2017-January-25, 13:35
#15
Posted 2017-January-25, 15:03
Contrast a strong 1C opener, where in any field, weak or strong, the 1C opener has a big advantage if given a free run, which dictates a policy of aggressive interference.
With a strong 2C opener, however, there are two additional factors to consider:
1) Most non-expert players open 2C on inappropriate hands, and
2) Most non-expert pairs have at best a mediocre structure of continuations in an uncontested auction.
Both of these factors tend to suppress the marginal utility of aggressive intervention against anything but the best and most regular pairings.
Still, as this is posted in the expert forum, perhaps an expert opposition is to be assumed.
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#16
Posted 2017-January-25, 15:07
Lovera, on 2017-January-25, 13:35, said:
Thankyouforyourpostbutitcouldusealittleformatting.
#18
Posted 2017-January-26, 02:37
#19
Posted 2017-January-26, 02:51
Lovera, on 2017-January-26, 01:39, said:
When you press reply to this message, take a look above the text area and you will see some rows of symbols. One of these begins with text types (bold, italic, underscore, etc). At the extreme right of this row is a black spade (picche) symbol between thin red bars. When you click on this it will open the Hand Editor. Enter your hands here and the formatting will be taken care of.
#20
Posted 2017-January-26, 03:56
Zelandakh, on 2017-January-26, 02:51, said:
Thanks (i don't know it - select ..), i'll try to transcrive.