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How do you split your honors

#1 User is offline   Flame 

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Posted 2005-November-03, 05:31

Assume standard leads and signaling.
Kanter's way is

Q from QJ10
J from J109 or KQJ
With only 2 honors usually dont split but if you do split:
K from AK
Q from KQ
Q from QJ

Looks kind of strange since no rule of either split high or split low.
The Q is most ambigious but the idea is that wht only 2 honors KQ or QJ you usually dont split (also i guess if the ace is seen you can split KQ with the K and avoid this problem).
Still i think there must be a better set of rules to spliting.
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Posted 2005-November-03, 06:07

Flame, on Nov 3 2005, 11:31 AM, said:

Assume standard leads and signaling.
Kanter's way is

Q from QJ10
J from J109 or KQJ
With only 2 honors usually dont split but if you do split:
K from AK
Q from KQ
Q from QJ

Looks kind of strange since no rule of either split high or split low.
The Q is most ambigious but the idea is that wht only 2 honors KQ or QJ you usually dont split (also i guess if the ace is seen you can split KQ with the K and avoid this problem).
Still i think there must be a better set of rules to spliting.

For the sake of completeness, this way of splitting honors is suggested by Kantar for SECOND SEAT only.
Playing 3rd/4rth seat, he suggests splitting with the lowest of touching honors, except hlding doubleton HH, when the sequence is reversed.
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Posted 2005-November-03, 08:50

I split high from 3 honors, low from 2 if I've discussed it. Undiscussed I just split low.
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Posted 2005-November-03, 13:28

Jlall, on Nov 3 2005, 09:50 AM, said:

I split high from 3 honors, low from 2 if I've discussed it. Undiscussed I just split low.

Same for me, except that I often also do it when undiscussed, hoping that this is somewhat standard.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2005-November-03, 18:14

which honor to split? hell i have trouble remembering to look around for an endplay when i have a finesse
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Posted 2005-November-03, 20:07

luke warm, on Nov 3 2005, 07:14 PM, said:

which honor to split? hell i have trouble remembering to look around for an endplay when i have a finesse

end play is advace play while knowing how to split (not when to split) is begining skill just like a beginer partner should know if they lead 4th best of 5 best.
I think these easy stuff should come before the other partnership agrement and conventions.
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Posted 2005-November-04, 05:33

oh
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Posted 2005-November-04, 14:06

hahaha, I agree with the young skywalker.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2005-November-05, 07:26

not as young as he used to be

time keeps on slippin' slippin' slippin' into the future
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