Gerben Dirksen wrote
>> Adam Beneschan wrote
>> >I don't know how OKB handles this, but the ACBL alert regulations tend
>> >to treat 2C-2D-2N (and 1C-1D-1N if playing a big club system) as
>> >equivalent to 2NT or 1NT openings for the purposes of their alert
>> >regulations. It would seem odd if 4C Gerber were alertable after
>> >2C-2D-2N, especially since my SAYC do***ent says it's Gerber.
>>
>> In general OKB alerting seems ot be twofold.
>>
>> In tournaments, you alert anything that is not SAYC.
>>
>> Otherwise, you alert anything your opponents are unlikely to expect.
>What a nonsense discussion. Just alert anything that opponents might
>not understand. This includes all non-natural bids. Also I would always
>ask about an odd auction like 1NT p 4C. I've seen many sensible
>meanings for this auction, and also one silly one, the one that this
>thread is all about...
There you are. A nice easy solution. And, of course, you know what
calls the opponents might not understand.
Incidentally, why would opponents not understand Stayman?
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