Re: self-explanations and self-alerts

On Apr 20, 7:27=A0pm, Bob <rfr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> If it helps answer my question (about if you like self-explaining your
> bids), a change to face to face bridge might be asking partner to
> leave the table and for bidder to explain his/her bid when partner is
> uncertain about the meaning.
>
> For example, my hastily-assigned partner opens 2D. I alert and explain
> that I don't know what it means. I leave and let my partner explain
> the bid to the opps. It's not the same as online, but I am thinking it
> would be good.

"I don't understand partner's bid" is UI. Massive UI that can't
possibly be compensated by your partner explaining his/her bid to the
opponents.

--
Will in New Haven