[blml] Herman's 1H opening

[Marvin French]

From: "richard willey" <

> Lets assume that the powers that be require that partner
and I
> disclose the mixed strategy that we employ when restricted
choice type
> defensive problems crop up.  I am going to use restricted
choice as an
> example because
>
> A.  Most people should know the problem (and the solution)
> B  The equilibirum is to assign equal weights to two
different
> actions.  In theory, you just flip a coin and play the
Queen half the
> time and the Jack half the time...  Thing don't get
simplier than
> this.

Humph, I generally play the jack from QJ against naive
declarers, because their practice is to play the queen and
they assume it's what others do.

As with all falsecards, telling opponents when and how we
falsecard is surely not required, else deception is no
longer much of a weapon. It is NOT a *special* partnership
agreement, since falsecarding skill comes from general
knowledge and experience (L75C)

We play standard discards and signals, but will often go
non-standard (on leads too) for tactical reasons. Why tell
declarer something when partner probably has no need to
know?

I love playing against odd-even enthusiasts. After a few
rounds of play they have told me the location of my missing
high cards, thanks a lot.

Marv
Marvin L. French
San Diego, California
www.marvinfrench.com