Learned to play bridge in 1958 by reading "Point Count Bridge Complete" by Charles Goren. Started playing duplicate in 1960. Conservative: I still believe in "opening bid facing opening bid should offer a good play for game" which restricts my notions of what constitutes an opening bid. Often offer my opinions as a BBO VG commenter.
Read more »Playing with a strong but infrequent partner in a club game; from past experience your overall ideas conform but many differences in specifics
opponents are regular partners, much influenced by my ideas but frequently miss-apply them, both decent players
Issues to address:
What is the difference between bidding now and passing then bidding later?
Does the suit you bid make a difference? e.g. would you act differently with hearts and clubs interchanged?
What would a three-level jump show?
