(07-21-2012, 09:35 AM)rakbeater Wrote: I would love to have exactly what you are describing - here on this site. I would also love to have a bidding discussion so please reply to my private message or we can discuss it here for everyone to see and join in. I'm heading to work, so if someone wants to start a new thread here to start building the "official" currently accepted bidding system, that would be great.
It'll never be official.
I've got...volumes...written over on the Yahoo pinochle boards now, in the Pinochle Bidding Examples thread. Problem is, Yahoo's board search functionality is pretty damn awful. Just as a brief outline, the subjects involved:
--strength first, or meld first always? Me, I hate meld first always, so the rest of the points assume strength first.
--first action: ask for meld or give meld? That is, what do you need to make the strength bid and ask partner to give meld?
--save bids: what's the minimum trump suit?
--meld bids with no marriage
--CAPTAINCY!
--3rd seat bidding (that is, the auction starts pass-pass to you, also pass-50 to you)
--bidding in jammed auctions
--bidding 51
--counting 'effective meld'
--expectations: if your partner passes in first seat, how much support can you reasonably expect from him? Also, if partner gives you a meld bid (but NOT an aces or dbl aces bid), how many tricks should you expect him to provide?
--hand evaluation: how good is your hand, really? How many tricks can you reasonably expect to take?
--hand types: balanced, semi-balanced, 1 suiter, 2 suiter, 3 suiter