Re: Quick question for any directors out there please.

Kieran Dyke wrote
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>"David Stevenson" <bridge2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>  wrote
>>>Thanks for the reply,
>>>
>>>Full Auction: 1S - P - 3S - P - P - P
>>>
>>>We not vul - opps were
>>>
>>>Nothing else to it - I agree with you that the director didn't know
>>>what he was doing hence the question.
>>>
>>>Our agreement is straight forward and simple - 7 losers 4S, 8 losers
>>>3S, 9 losers 2S - seems to work fairly well. (7 loser to open as well
>>>which is why I opened it - didn't know there was a limit at level 3
>>>until yesterday!)
>>>
>>>Director's ruling was - "this hand does not meet the RON requirement
>>>therefore the opening is illegal - play the hand - if your opps do
>>>worse than avg+ they will be awarded av+ and you av-"
>>
>>   Ah.  Now we know where we are.
>>
>>   First, as explained before, he has the wrong basis, which is Ro18.
>>
>>   Second, opening a hand which does not follow the requirements is 
>>not  illegal.  What is illegal is having an agreement to open with 
>>less than  R018.  The TD could judge that from one hand, but this 
>>description sounds  as though he has gone wrong.
>>
>>   Third, your openings, as described elsewhere, *do* sound illegal to 
>>me.  You are not allowed to just open any 7 loser hand.
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>By which law is this regulation sup****ted?

   The same one as last time you asked this question.

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