In article <j1LUf.569$t22.520@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Mmbridge" <jimfox99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Barry Margolin" <barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:barmar-7CFBDE.19291923032006@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > In article <1143146439.311868.66910@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > "Adam Beneschan" <adam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> According to my SAYC document, Gerber is part of SAYC only after 1NT,
> >> 2NT, and 2C-2D-2NT openings.
> >
> > Your document is wrong. Check the official one on the ACBL web site,
it
> > says "over any 1NT or 2NT bid by partner including a rebid of 1NT or
> > 2NT."
> >
> > So in the auction 1C-1S-1NT/2NT-4C, 4C is Gerber. And since OKbridge
> > rules are that you alert non-SAYC bids, this doesn't need to be
alerted.
> >
> > On the other hand, if your agreement is that 1H-2H-4C is Gerber,
that's
> > alertable.
>
> Unless it has changed recently, OKbridge uses *their* version of SAYC as
the
> guideline for alerts, not what is posted by the ACBL.
Before I posted I checked both documents, and they had identical wording
in that section.
> What makes the ACBL's document *official* for OKbridge? What counts is
"what
> does OKbridge use as a baseline?"
About 15 years ago I transcribed the Yellow Card into HTML for OKbridge.
I copied it from the ACBL's booklet at the time.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
MA
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