Postscript.
The more I think about it the surer I am that my partner's bid, for which
we
were penalised, was an excellent bid. He was a passed hand. To pass yet
again
in the hope that I would reopen with a double would have been the height
of
folly and futility. So he made a negative double; "Partner," he said, "I
have
at least a minimum response but insuffient strength to bid a suit of my
own at
this level". (Marty Bergen's definition of Neg DBL)
Mine was a ten-point 5-3-3-2. How foolish I would have been to consider
this
bid as forcing me to the three level in one of my insignificant minors.
Ordinary sound bidding ? Surely, yes!.
Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <3FF88B3B.54CC1F11@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> william henderson <wchen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > What about cue-bids ? Is it true that cue bids are not alertable ?
This
> > afternoon,
> > my partner opened 1 club and my RHO bid 2 clubs (michaels). I
immediately
> > bid 2
> > hearts even thouigh we had no arrangement of unusual/michaels, but
surely
> > obviously
> > a cue-bid. Must I alert this cue bid ? Must I tell them my meaning
even
> > when we
> > have no arrangement ?
>
> Maybe you should take a few minutes and read the SAYC booklet (it's in
> the OKBridge help) so you'll know what your agreements are. Michaels
> cue-bids and Unusual 2NT are part of SAYC, so you *did* have an
> agreement about this.
>
> The rule in OKB tourneys is that you don't have to alert anything that's
> in SAYC. Also, since self-alerts aren't seen by your partner, the rule
> of thumb on OKB is that if you're not sure, it's always safe to alert.
>
> But regardless of whether you have to alert something, you *always* have
> to explain it if asked.
>
> P.S. Again, the word is "agreement", not "arrangement".
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Arlington, MA
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