Re: Please Explain post allert procedure

On Apr 26, 11:33 pm, CBFalconer <cbfalco...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Tim Brown wrote:
>
> > I am just getting into tournament bridge and find the rules a bit
> > daunting. If I understand post alert requirements correctly, no
> > alerts are made after 3N or greater has been bid until the auction
> > is complete. Offense alerts before the lead card is played,
> > defense alerts after the lead card is played. An example of a post
> > alert would be people playing Gerber (4c) with an agreed to suit
> > (rather than NT). Is this correct? What other common bidding
> > conventions require a post alert (i.e.. splinters)? What do you do
> > if the opposition asks what a bid means, do you tell them to wait
> > until the auction is complete?
>
> Just bear in mind the purpose.  You have to expose your
> understandings.  You don't have to explain your bids.  You do have
> to explain what you understand from your partners bids.

Chuck, if you're saying that you don't have to explain *your* *own*
bid when an opponent asks you about it, then (1) you are obviously
correct and (2) I don't see where the original poster or anyone else
has suggested that this is what the question is about.  I'm only
pointing this out because I'm concerned about someone who is new to
tournament play getting confused by the answers we're giving him,
particularly if we're answering a question he isn't asking.

                                 -- Adam