Timeline for Does it make better sense to open "light" in matchpoints than in rubber?
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| Mar 31, 2023 at 0:05 | comment | added | Forget I was ever here | I have, on occasion over the years, overcalled 1S with just AQJx in the suit; because it seemed the lesser of evils rather than a "view'. | |
| Mar 30, 2023 at 23:50 | comment | added | Forget I was ever here | @TomAu: I suspect because: he was playing with the second or third best player - and knew exactly when it was systemically required to lie. I doubt he was "taking a view"; but rather was avoiding down-the-road trouble. | |
| Mar 30, 2023 at 19:01 | comment | added | Tom Au | In my club, de facto, maybe not de jure. I once asked a question about how the club's highest scoring player opened 1 spade with AQJx. | |
| Mar 30, 2023 at 15:40 | comment | added | Forget I was ever here | @TomAu: Crane's system also played 4-card majors. Is that happening in your club also? Precision and Blue Club players also play lighter openings, because the low end of their forcing opening has dropped by about 6 points. These are systemic approaches. Your question is asking about systemic variations, a very different beast. Don't conflate the two. | |
| Mar 30, 2023 at 14:17 | comment | added | Tom Au | You told me that Barry Crane had a style of opening light, sacrificing slam accuracy (relatively infrequently) in order to win (frequently )dogfights for part scores. That makes more sense in matchpoints than IMPs or rubber. That's what's happening in my club. That was the gist of my question. | |
| Mar 29, 2023 at 14:18 | history | edited | Forget I was ever here | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 29, 2023 at 14:09 | history | answered | Forget I was ever here | CC BY-SA 4.0 |