Re: How many questions about an opening bid before it's UI?

On Apr 23, 3:35 pm, Michael Angelo Ravera <marav...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> ACBL, Midchart, Dealer and Vulnerablity irrelevant. No hand records.
> Partner and I are both BLMs. Opponents are both SLMs.
>
> I opened 1C [ART, 15+, any shape] which partner alerted (approximately
> in time. He is sometimes a slow alerter).
>
> LHO asks for an explanation and gets "15 or more points and the club
> bid is artificial".
>
> LHO asks "could he have a weak no trump" (may have intended to ask
> instead "do you play weak no trump"). Partner explains "No, 15 or more
> points. I don't know anything about his shape right now".
>
> LHO asks "so when would he open 1NT instead of 1C." Partner answers
> "1NT would be completely different hand".
>
> LHO may have asked another question or two, but ended up passing.

These don't sound like "I've got clubs" questions.

I don't think UI is a result of a number of questions.  Sometimes one
is all it takes:

"Do you play four-card majors?"
"Yes."
"Pass."

Sometimes a series of questions creates no more UI than a single
question would.