Re: Gerber ???

On Apr 22, 4:16=A0pm, Rob Morris <rm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>
> > Any comments out there ?
>
> Only that it's better to be fixed this way once in a while than to put
> up with all the table talk and taking-out-and-putting-back of alert
> cards that used to happen with ambiguous cue-bids, splinters and
ace-asks.=


++++Yes, I agree. A small price to pay. And I rather think that Dave
or his partner, whichever it was, might have asked before leading. Not
to worry, anyway. Playing against a pair for whom 4C is Gerber in the
sort of auction given will work out for the best most of the time.


> Perhaps we all need to get in the habit of a quick "what's going
> on"-type enquiry before the lead.

++++Doesn't hurt. Nor does it hurt to volunteer information as
declarer or dummy if you think that the alerting rules have favoured
you and kept something from the opponents that they might not cotton
on to.