[OleBerg]

Seems I have been left hanging high and dry with my 5♣ bid. Not that unexpected.

Still, what I feel is the worst bid at all is 3♣. The hand has way to much potential for a meager 3-level preempt. Either you go scientifically (Pass, 1♣), or you go all the way with a preempt; 5♣ for me, spurred by the vulnerabilety, 4♣ for the more sane. Still, I'd hate the position I would be in, if I open 4♣, and has 4M passed around. The restrictions that RHO's, silly (make these decisions in advance), huddle has placed upon LHO, might convince me to bid only 4♣, if I choose to preempt.

I would not consider 4♣ to be a "daring" bid.

I do not know what "B-flight" means, strenght-wise, but the less competent I expect my opponents to be, the more inclined I would be to open 1♣. I will not pass; when the auction becomes competitive, my dear partner has the right to know that my clubs are significantly better than my diamonds.

To open any diamond bid, my opponents would have to look like walking heart-attacks, and I would have had to have one.

[ArtK78]

For your information:

The Grand National Teams is divided into 4 flights:

Open - Anyone can play in the open flight. This flight is sometimes referred as the Championship Flight. This is the main event. All of the well-known stars in the ACBL play in the Open flight.

Flight A - Limited to players with less than 5000 ACBL masterpoints. This excludes almost all of the "name" players, but the talent level can still be quite high.

Flight B - Limited to players with less than 2000 ACBL masterpoints. This excludes almost all very experienced players, but the participants are not novices.

Flight C - Limited to non-life masters with less than 500 ACBL masterpoints. While there may be some players in this flight who have played for some time, this is essentially a novice competition.

[OleBerg]

ArtK78, on Apr 30 2009, 02:14 PM, said:

For your information:

The Grand National Teams is divided into 4 flights:

Open - Anyone can play in the open flight.  This flight is sometimes referred as the Championship Flight.  This is the main event.  All of the well-known stars in the ACBL play in the Open flight.

Flight A - Limited to players with less than 5000 ACBL masterpoints.  This excludes almost all of the "name" players, but the talent level can still be quite high.

Flight B - Limited to players with less than 2000 ACBL masterpoints.  This excludes almost all very experienced players, but the participants are not novices.

Flight C - Limited to non-life masters with less than 500 ACBL masterpoints.  While there may be some players in this flight who have played for some time, this is essentially a novice competition.

Tyvm.