From henk@desy.de Thu Jul 20 17:07:49 CDT 1995 From: uijter@desy.de (Henk Uijterwaal (Oxford)) Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge Subject: Re: Kokish 2-way Game Tries Date: 13 Jul 1995 18:07:47 GMT Matt writes: >My partner and I are interested in playing "Kokish 2-way Game Tries" over >major suit single raises. As we understand it, the heart of this gadget is >that after (opps passing throughout) >a bid of 2M+ (single step) asks partner, if he's got maximum values, to bid >the cheapest suit in which they can offer "help", defined as singleton or >void, or as Qxx, Kx or better. Typically, the player making the GT is >worried about a crappy 3 or 4 card holding in some suit. >This is all fine and good, the question my partner and I have is how to >play the bids other than 2M+. We figure they should show either shortness >in the bid suit, or a secondary suit containing an honor, or a fragment >containing an honor. I put it to this inestimable newsgroup to offer up >any suggestions! How about? 1 S - 2 S +-------- | +- 2 NT -+- 3 C : Accepts HSGT in C. | | | | | +-3 D, 3 H: Help Suit Game Try (HSGT) in D, H | | +-3 S, 4 S: Sign Off (SO) | | | +- 3 D : Accepts HSGT in D, not in C | +- 3 H : Accepts HSGT in H, not in C or D | +- 3 S : Accepts no HSGT | +- 3 NT, higher: cuebid, accepts all HSGT's. | +- 3 C, 3 D, 3 H : Short suit Game Try (SSGT) +- 3 S : Preemptive +- 3 NT: 5332, proposal to play there. +- 4 C, 4 D, 4 H : Second 5 card suit, expects to make 4/5 tricks opposite a small doubleton. 1 H - 2 H +-------- | +-2 S -+- 2 NT : Accepts HSGT in S | +- 3 C : Accepts HSGT in C, not S | +- 3 D : Accepts HSGT in D, not C or S | +- Other:as 1 S - 2 S | +-2 NT : SSGT in S +-Other: As 1S-2S Henk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Henk Uijterwaal Email: henk@desy.de University of Oxford WWW: http://zow00.desy.de:8000/~uijter/TOP.html DESY-F01 Phone: +49.40.89983133 Notkestrasse 85 Fax: +49.40.89983092 Hamburg, D22603, Germany Home: +49.40.3898954 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ %DCL-E-NOCFFE, unable to locate coffee - keyboard input suspended. ********************************************************************** [editors note: some play the sequence 1M-2M; 3M as trump asking and not necessarily preemptive ]