[Nirmalya]

Hi
Has anyone read the book Card Pro bidding system by Ron Feldman?
Interesting book. Lots of new ideas, particularly for Slam queries. The ideas can be incorporated irrespective of your bidding system.

[PrecisionL]

I read the summary on Amazon.com, but I am not interested in a 5-cd Major System.

However, how does the 4-cd minor opening bids work? I am interested in learning that design.

What does Pro Card open with 4=3=3=3, 3=4=3=3, 4=4=3=2, and 4=4=2=3 out of the 1NT range?

[nullve]

PrecisionL, on 2024-October-22, 16:06, said:

What does Pro Card open with 4=3=3=3, 3=4=3=3, 4=4=3=2, and 4=4=2=3 out of the 1NT range?

From the introduction (see the Read sample on the Amazon page):

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Card Pro has the ability to be able to incorporate Power Bids by repurposing the Opening 1NT bid to show 12+ - 16- HCP Balanced Hands, and Opening 2♣ to show 16+ - 19- HCP Balanced Hands.

[PrecisionL]

I bought the book anyway.

Feldman has an interesting Slam Approach - 2NT rebid by either partner asks for Key Cards, then Trump Honors, then non-trump Primary Controls, etc.

I wonder if I can use this with my Canape system?

Some misprints and a few contradictions. Otherwise, very interesting distributional approach.

[jillybean]

PrecisionL, on 2024-October-30, 09:30, said:

I bought the book anyway.

Feldman has an interesting Slam Approach - 2NT rebid by either partner asks for Key Cards, then Trump Honors, then non-trump Primary Controls, etc.

I wonder if I can use this with my Canape system?

Lots of misprints and a few contradictions. Otherwise, very interesting distributional approach.

You must have a wonderful partner!

[mike777]

PrecisionL, on 2024-October-30, 09:30, said:

I bought the book anyway.

Feldman has an interesting Slam Approach - 2NT rebid by either partner asks for Key Cards, then Trump Honors, then non-trump Primary Controls, etc.

I wonder if I can use this with my Canape system?

Lots of misprints and a few contradictions. Otherwise, very interesting distributional approach.

Are you familiar with an old system devised by Larry Weiss, Simple Club?
Strong club, Canape
Many ideas borrowed from Blue Team and Roman Club.

[pescetom]

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[PrecisionL]

mike777, on 2024-October-30, 16:41, said:

Are you familiar with an old system devised by Larry Weiss, Simple Club?
Strong club, Canape
Many ideas borrowed from Blue Team and Roman Club.

Yes, I have the 2nd edition pamphlet, 1989.

Also, The New Awakening, 2007 is a modernized version of The Simplified Club.

The Canary Club is also similar, 1960s.

[mike777]

Yes The Simplified Club
2nd edition by Larry Weiss.

Had no idea of the 2007 book
Version. Thank you so much.
The New Awakening..
Is it still available??

Remember reading about Canary Club years ago.
Never played it.

[mike777]

Just found The New Awakening book on Amazon.
Just ordered it.
Again big thank you.
I knew Larry when he was retired in Vista.. decades ago..

[PrecisionL]

A more complicated version of a canape system is UBC:

Unbalanced Club, 2022, A Strong Club System using Symmetric Relays, Canape, and many transfer bids to allow the strong hand to be declarer.

Authors Joe Houde and Andrew Loh. An 8 1/2 x 11 book of 322 pages.

Joe can be found on the BBO.com site.