[hrothgar]

How many more boards should we bid with Relay Asker's Current hand?

For the next set of hands, would people prefer that we use a different hand for the relay asker?
A different shape for the relayy responder? Or what?

[rbforster]

I think we will see the most differences for shapes that resolve cheaply (3♦) since there's the most space for varied methods, so I think it's best to use common shapes for responder (5431, 5332 or 6322, maybe 4441 or 5521) rather than rare ones.

I would say we probably have done enough with this opener, but maybe I'm just hoping for different hands to see how different people's judgment works under different circumstances. No strong opinion really.

I do like seeing maybe 2-3 different responders hands with the exact same shape and different honors/values. I think that gives a good comparison for how methods might work with very similar starting information, as well as helping to control for unconscious "resulting" bias.

[akhare]

hrothgar, on 2013-July-28, 09:07, said:

How many more boards should we bid with Relay Asker's Current hand?

For the next set of hands, would people prefer that we use a different hand for the relay asker?
A different shape for the relayy responder? Or what?

I think that varying both hands in terms of shape and / or strength will be good. Also, it will be interesting to post a few problematic hands (from real life or constructed) that attempt to exercise some of the potentially problematic areas (strength in short suits, etc.).

Another variation might be introduce the possibility zooming past the safety net at the 5-level (either by introducing minor suit slams or by introducing major suit shapes that end at 3♠+.