"eleaticus" <eleaticus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> "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.
>
Sadly, this post seems to suggest that you think at least one foe the
success you have is that they opponents are unfamiliar with your style.
That does not sound s****ting to me.
OB
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