"Susan" <sdbratt48@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> If you fill out a convention card, why is this a problem?
Couple things.
You can't fill out the ramifications, which in WELOS are many (and obvious
once you 'get' the simple structure).
But no matter what you see, or hear, during alerts, some people just
can't
get it that sequences that sound standard to them aren't:
Me: 1C (Alert! Promises four clubs but could be as little as 8 TOTAL
points.)
pass.
Ted; 1H (Alert! Denies four card or better sup****t and is non-forcing.)
pass.
ME: pass.
HUNH?!
Ted could have two queens and a singleton diamond, and I could have a
king,
a queen, a jack, and a singleton spade (or diamond!)
Third hand may have passed, with the idea of puni****ng us when we got too
high.
Second hand/balancer might not be able to connect the 8 total points to
the
opener she thinks she heard me bid.
However, the damn ACBL lawyers decided to protect the little ol' ladies of
Wichita, and elsewhere.
--
eleaticus
ee-lee-AT-i-cus
eleaticus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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