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How many diamonds

Poll: What do you open (35 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you open

  1. Pass (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  2. 1D (13 votes [37.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 37.14%

  3. 2D (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. 3D (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. 4D (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  6. 5D (19 votes [54.29%])

    Percentage of vote: 54.29%

  7. 6D (1 votes [2.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.86%

  8. 7D (1 votes [2.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.86%

  9. Other (1 votes [2.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.86%

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#1 User is offline   manudude03 

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Posted 2010-October-05, 20:58

Scoring: IMPs


second seat, what do you open.

For the HNHS, its void Q KQTxxxxx KQxx
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Posted 2010-October-05, 21:19

I don't open anything. I call the director as I only have 8 cards.
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Posted 2010-October-05, 21:22

1♦, nothing else fits

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I once yelled at my partner for discarding the 'wrong' card when he was subjected to a squeeze that I allowed by giving the wrong count with too high a card. Now he's allowed to pitch aces when the opponents have the king in the dummy. At trick 2. When he could have followed suit. And blame me.

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Posted 2010-October-05, 22:01

never mind
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Posted 2010-October-05, 22:12

I'd just open 1D for now, no need to rush things at equal vul.
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Posted 2010-October-05, 22:26

1♦, is this a trick question?
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Posted 2010-October-05, 22:58

jillybean, on Oct 5 2010, 10:26 PM, said:

1♦, is this a trick question?

yes it is a trick question....with only one major suit card, someone might think a large number of diamonds is appropriate.
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Posted 2010-October-06, 01:35

I'm no longer going to try to decipher a failed attempt to a lame notation method.
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Posted 2010-October-06, 01:46

I don't think 5D is unreasonable here.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-October-06, 02:03

5D and I don't even consider it close.
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Posted 2010-October-06, 02:05

how many losers do I have? this must be a 2♣ opening lol
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Posted 2010-October-06, 05:13

5♦ for me.
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Posted 2010-October-06, 05:28

Free, on Oct 6 2010, 09:35 AM, said:

I'm no longer going to try to decipher a failed attempt to a lame notation method.

i love it, we save so many electrons...
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Posted 2010-October-06, 06:02

It also saves us from the Hog's opinion, worth a couple of additional trees of frustration.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-October-06, 07:20

hanp, on Oct 6 2010, 02:02 PM, said:

It also saves us from the Hog's opinion, worth a couple of additional trees of frustration.

have you considered a simple compression algorithm? for example if we note KQ as M, the hand in cause become - Q MT5 M2. very usefull i think.
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Posted 2010-October-06, 08:12

No. I made up the notation because the "x" on my keyboard didn't work. It's working now so I don't need it anymore.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-October-06, 08:30

1D.

5D is certainly a sensible alternative, but nobody stops me from bidding
5D later.

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PS: Oh, I dont like this notation.
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Posted 2010-October-06, 09:35

I like 5♦ as I have no hope to decribe after 1♦ anyway. And sorry I don't like this notation at all because it overlaps with showing your exact cards.
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Posted 2010-October-06, 09:39

jdonn, on Oct 6 2010, 04:35 PM, said:

I don't like this notation at all because it overlaps with showing your exact cards.

Depends if you can assume that you have 13 cards. If you can, it is unambiguous that
AKQJ
AKQJ
AKQJ
2
is normal notation, while
AKQJ
AKQJ
AKQ
2
is hanp notation.
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Posted 2010-October-06, 10:48

hanp, on Oct 6 2010, 03:12 PM, said:

No. I made up the notation because the "x" on my keyboard didn't work. It's working now so I don't need it anymore.

Just think - we could have avoided all this simply by clubbing together to buy him a new keyboard.
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