[steve2005]

wank, on 2015-June-13, 07:46, said:

not to say that 5c was wrong on this hand, but in general don't worry about your 4 level pre-empts letting them play game. pre-empting is about disrupting the opponents. they will assuredly be disrupted by a 4 level pre-empt - due to the lack of space they might stop in game when they have slam (very common because they won't want to voluntarily go past the safety of the 4 level to investigate slam and go down in 5), play the wrong fit, or play a good contract that goes down on bad splits (if you have 9 clubs partner will often have a very shapely hand that stops them making what ostensibly looks like a decent contract).

anyway pre-empting is not the same thing as sacrificing, i.e. wanting to play the hand yourself (doubled presumably) because it's cheaper than letting the opponents play and make their contract.

I agree, so what happens if you have a better pre-empt and actually mean 5C so partner can raise intelligently to 6C.

You open this hand 5C and partner will never know when to bid 6C

[rmnka447]

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