smerriman, on 2022-April-21, 13:36, said:
Heart suit isn't good enough? When you are showing a two suited hand with support for partner, all it promises is 2 of the top 3 honors (and could even be 5 cards). You might be mixing it up with the case where you're planning to show a 1 suited hand with hearts.
Seems like thepossum got it exactly right. GIB just over counted points (it adds 3 for its void even in your suit).
I realize you know GIB bidding, smerriman, and I am not familiar with GIB bidding myself, but what opening bid will GIB make with a 4432 hand that can not be opened 1NT? I realize also that with 4432 partner has an easy
♥ raise to 3
♥ but it takes away bidding space using Soloway. There again different partnerships use Soloway differently. I prefer to use it with a solid suit or semi-solid of 6 cards+ missing just the ace - for your example AKQJxx or KQJT9x so partner can support with stiff only. Useful for MPs when a 6M slam scores more than a 6m slam. And I agree, maybe I was being a bit too defining with my Soloway structure: South's hand is worth 2
♥ over 1
♦ on the hand given, it was just crazy when the robot added 3 points for void in
♥ suit and went to 7
♦.