Re: great idea -- explain own bids

blackshoe wrote:

> On Apr 21, 12:22 pm, Bob <rfr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> This is one of them. If the auction goes 1D - P - 2D alerted
>> and asked what that means, the most common answer is "inverted." 
> 
> "Inverted" may be the most common answer. It may well be accepted
> without further question more often than not. It is *not* full and
> complete disclosure of your methods, which is what the laws and
> regulations require.
> 
> "Harder to understand" is nonsense. Sure, it's easier, when you hear
> "inverted", to make assumptions about what it means to your opponents,
> based on what that word means to *you*, but that doesn't mean those
> assumptions are any help at all in understanding what *they* mean by
> it.

Inverted minors are a particularly good example (as is "Fourth suit
forcing") because the range of what people will use them for is vast. 
Some
people would bid 2D on any 10 pt hand.  Others require 10 (or more) HCP,
no
four card major and all the responses are meaningful (and alertable).  As
the opponent, you'd rather like to know which type of inverted minor it
is.

> Oh, I also said that to the best of my knowledge, most other
> Regulating Authorities (in the terminology of the new laws) have
> similar regulations to the ACBL's regarding this aspect of disclosure.
> I did not say anything else about other jurisdictions' regulations.
> 
> The ACBL does not prohibit saying "we agreed to play Cappelletti, but
> have had no further discussion" if that is the case. And if that *is*
> the case, then that statement is full disclosure, and anything less is
> not.

Good example.