"raija d" <mustikka@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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"Barry Margolin" <barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> In article <SaM$ptGxhfDIFwRm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> David Stevenson <bridge2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Sid wrote
>> >On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:18:51 -0700 (PDT), Dave Flower
>> ><DavJFlower@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >
>> >: The bid was not alerted as the EBU requires no alerting above 3NT.
>> >
>> >
>> >Shouldn't the bid be post-alerted and explained at the end of the
>> >auction?
>>
>> No. That's a rule which certain authorities have introduced, eg the
>> ACBL. It does not apply in England.
>
> And even in the ACBL, I'm not sure this case would have required a
> post-alert. For a while there was a rule that all ace-asking
> conventions required a post-alert (people would just say "there's been
> an ace-asking auction"), but now it's only required for unusual forms
> (e.g. kickback, minorwood). Gerber is considered common enough that it
> doesn't require any alert.
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Arlington, MA
> *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
> In ACBL regs, Gerber is not alertable or post-alertable if it is used in
> NT auctions. If used when NT was not opened and not rebid [as was the
OP
> case], it is post-alertable.
I can't remember any of the people at my local club even doing post
auction
alerts,
yet alone for Gerber in a suited auction. I've never played at a regional
and wondered if
this rule is only enforced at higher level ACBL tournaments?
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