eleaticus wrote:
> "Susan" <sdbratt48@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:%AhLg.591$vb1.9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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.
>
I see you finally posted a quick outline of your system in another
thread and the first problem seems to be you din't explain your 1C bid
very well here. It isn't that it could be as light as 8. Its it could
be 8-11 or 16+. That is a major difference from what you said and
totally misleading to the opponents when you didn't explain it right.
Even the explaination of it could be 8-11 isn't right. You need to
further explain that the point count includes HCP and distribution
points.
Seems you left out a lot for a simple system.
Nick France
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