Re: Newbie Acol Bidding Explanation

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:29:17 +0100, David Stevenson
  <bridge2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
:     I have no idea what the current "ACOL" standard is, but as I have 
:  explained elsewhere there is no longer any standard in Acol [sic]
except 
:  for 4432, both majors, when 1H is opened.

The closest you get is probably the EBU's `English Standard Modern Acol'
CC, which states that
  With four hearts and four spades, open 1H, otherwise open the longest
  suit or the higher ranking of two four card suits.
Of course, this does not describe what people actually play.

It is of course very im****tant that 44 majors open 1H, lest a 4-4
H fit be lost.  1S-2H would shouw 5 hts.  1S-2C-2H would show 5 spds.
It is harder to come up with a scenario where it matters whether
you opened S or D :-)  Thus what DS describes sounds very sensible.

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