Re: Newbie Acol Bidding Explanation

Hans Georg Schaathun wrote
>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.

   Sorry: it is *easy* to find a scenario where it matters which you open 
of D or S: the trouble is I can easily find a scenario where 1S works 
better, and I can easily find one where 1D works better!

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