[ClaceyJ]

If you were forming a new intermediate partnership, what would you say are the 10 most common sequences in constructive bidding that you need to have agreements about? System is Benji ACOL, but feel free to answer for SAYC if not familiar with BENJI ACOL.

Thanks

Joe

P.S. Have posted a smiliar question in the Advanced section, I'll be very grateful for any responses

[helene_t]

(Removed since I see the discussion is going on in another forum)

Btw, you should not post this in both forums. The people who read the two forums are largely the same.

[han]

Maybe I'd talk about reverses, they can be dangerous when you are not sure what you are doing. (for suggestions see mikeh's primer on reverse bidding in this forum)

[ClaceyJ]

I posted it in both as I thought that the sequences that would lack agreements in new partnerships would be different depending on whether you were intermediate or advanced- IE for advanced partnerships some sequences may be fairly automatically discussed that would not be discussed in an intermediate partnership

Joe

P.S. Sorry if I have been awkward by posting it in both

[jtfanclub]

helene_t, on Sep 21 2007, 09:43 AM, said:

(Removed since I see the discussion is going on in another forum)

Btw, you should not post this in both forums. The people who read the two forums are largely the same.

They're not the same post.

In one, he asks if your partner was intermediate, what auctions would you most be worried about. In the other, he asks if you was advanced, what auctions would you most be worried about.

Some auctions I *would* be worried about with an advanced partner but not an intermediate partner would be:
1♣-1NT

1♠-2♦-2♥-2♠-3♥

I guess my top 10 for undisturbed auctions for intermediates would be:
1. 1NT-2♠ (Transfers, strength of 1NT opener)
2. 1♠-4NT, and if it differes from 1♠-2♠-4NT (Blackwood form)
3. 1NT-2♣-2♠-3♣ (New suit after Stayman)
4. 1♠-2♦-2♠-3♦ (Forcing element of 2/1 with suit rebids)
5. 1♦-1♥-1NT (Rebid of 1NT with a singleton? A singleton in P's suit?)
6. 1♦-1♥-2♥ (Raise with 3? When?)
7. 1♠-3♣ (Bergen? SJS, WJS, MiniSplinter?)
8. 1♠-2NT (Jacoby, Natural, Choice of Game?)
9. 2♥-3♣ (RONF? Weak 2s?)
10. 2♣-2♥ (Responses to a 2♣ opening)

I think if you gave me the meanings of each of those 10, I'd be able to sit down and play with somebody without any agreements on anything else outside of competition.

With an Advanced player, I'd start with a basic system based on a book, say, Lawrence 2/1. Then my questions would be very different. But I wouldn't trust that an Intermediate who says they play "Standard American" is going to bid hands even close to the way I'd expect him to.

Heck, I wouldn't trust most Advanced players to do so either.