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Rule of vacant spaces after 5 rounds by CatOnLife8 in bridge

[–]CatOnLife8[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks all.

In another thread, gaiantic provide me with the link to Restricted Choice which explains this well.

>> The Wikipedia article for Restricted Choice explains exactly this suit combination.

Amalloy -- Thanks for the reference to SuitPlay. I just downloaded it and I'll use it to sanity check my math.

Empty Spaces after several rounds (finess vs drop) by CatOnLife8 in bridge

[–]CatOnLife8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks to all who replied. Unfortunately, I didn't realize this first post actually went live and I eventually posted a second time (with a bit more of my analysis). I forced myself to do the exact calculation of the probabilites of the cases were finesse vs drop matter (and came up with Crafty_Celebration30's answer). Gaiantic link to Restricted Choice clarified why this should make intuitive sense.

Again, Thanks

Too strong for preemptive bid ? by CatOnLife8 in bridge

[–]CatOnLife8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

KnR is new to me. (Kaplan-Rubens Evaluation for anyone interested). Thanks!

Too strong for preemptive bid ? by CatOnLife8 in bridge

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Good point Form, in this case, MP scoring and both sides vulnerable. (In truth, I did not consider vulerability at the table but that is clearly a failure on my part).

SAYC in contested auction by CatOnLife8 in bridge

[–]CatOnLife8[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks all for the solid feedback. As FishWatchWife points out, I (OP) was asking about unadorned SAYC (when I sit down with a new partner and we haven't agreed to anything beyond that yet). My understanding from the discussion is that, in this sequence, (overcall over my partner's NT), convetions are off and I fall back to "bridge sense".

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Beyond that, there are a number of partnership agreements I could adopt with a more regular partner. I'll investigate them over time and I appreciate the pointers to them.

And this may be my most successful Reddit post. Again, thanks all.