tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115633791110477890.post169175793084873151..comments2024-02-07T00:26:17.605-08:00Comments on Cuebidding At Bridge: Empathetic Splinters -- Strange?Kenneth Rexford, Esq.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03546227934953411090noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115633791110477890.post-85530144592799376702008-03-05T05:04:00.000-08:002008-03-05T05:04:00.000-08:00That's interesting. I do the same thing, essentia...That's interesting. I do the same thing, essentially, in super-accepting transfers after 2NT openings, bidding a COV suit.<BR/><BR/>The three-suit scenario is the key to my think as to E.P.'s in some 1NT sequences, where an E.P. is not just a showing of a hole but is more akin to a picture bid, showing a hole, a specific focus COV suit, and an implicit "Ace-only" suit.<BR/><BR/>The key, though, is that whether you go with E.P. or A.S. analysis, you are seeing the same issue and resolving it in a much better manner than those who do not even see the issue (and often laugh at the esoterica of the concern). It is sort of like the debate about serious or frivolous 3NT, each of which is superior to no meaning for 3NT, and the debate between good cuebidding, good denial cuebidding, or hopeless cuebidding.Kenneth Rexford, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03546227934953411090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115633791110477890.post-58460951343518717452008-03-04T22:58:00.000-08:002008-03-04T22:58:00.000-08:00My partner David Morgan (a frequent author on the ...My partner David Morgan (a frequent author on the Bridge World magazine) has long proposed a similar "but opposite" concept known as anti-splinter -- bidding the suit where partner's singleton would NOT be welcome. For example, that's a great idea after opening a strong NT and hearing partner's Jacoby transfer -- if opener wants to super-accept he's more likely to have a suit where a splinter would be UNwelcome (e.g, a KQx...) than one where a splinter would be just great (xxx or the like). Just like the now-ancient "splinter vs fragment" controversy, this new "emphatic splinter vs antisplinter" one promises to be hard to solve -- cases where only 2 suits are in play need not apply (generally, either idea will work as well then), it's "3 suits available" cases that need to be examined!-)<BR/><BR/><BR/>AlexAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05338312873524129257noreply@blogger.com