Re: Gerber ???

raija d wrote
>"David Stevenson" <bridge2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> raija d wrote

>>>"Always ask" works, but it is the obligation of the __declaring side_
>>>before
>>>opening lead is made,  to explain its bids above 3NT, if there were
some
>>>that were not natural or some that by the EBU regulation would be
>>>alertable
>>>had the bid been below 3NT.

>>   No, it is not.  You are referring to an ACBL regulation that has no
>> force in England.

>Thanks for the correction.
>What follows below was not written by me, though.  Raija

   For some reason my software sometimes does not pick up a name.  That 
does not mean the name is the same as the previous poster!  It is 
consistent: it never picks up some people's names.

   Thus

raija d wrote

unambiguously means someone different from

   wrote

>>  wrote
>>>Doubles and redoubles should never be an alert regardless of
>>>meaning.  There is no natural and standard meanings for those
>>>bids.
>>
>>   Next time you play in a club, you find out how many pairs do not play
>> (2S=weak) dbl as takeout.

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