helene_t, on 2015-March-23, 04:16, said:
Any tactical implications of this? I know it's not a straightforward conclusion that we simply shouldn't open 12-17 balanced hands in first seat but .....
I am not sure that it even begins to say that. Yes, it does suggest that balanced hands would be better opened if they were in 2nd seat compared to 1st - but so what - on any given deal with, say 12-14 bal in 1st seat, you have the hand you've got. The rules of the game preclude you suggesting to LHO that you swap seats! You primarily have to decide to open or not. This data (or at least the particular data to which Ben has recently referred), does not suggest that passing is better instead.
Or at least that is what I've understood.
Nick
"Pass is your friend" - my brother in law - who likes to bid a lot.