Re: I've been wondering

Blind Broccoli wrote:
> Having been raised (in bridge terms) on the writings of Terence Reese,
even
> though I'm a yank I've always had a fondness for old-fa****oned Acol. You
> know, the Skid Simon variety "bid what you think you can make and pass
when
> you feel like it." I know that in the post-Crowhurst era many
"improvements"
> have been made to "tournament Acol" and even Reese said "we cannot
continue
> to grunt at each other like cave men."
>
> That said, is anyone playing and winning using anything like
old-fa****oned
> Acol in high level international tournaments or major national
> champion****ps? Or do all the experts who want to play serious bridge
play
> complex methods with most bidding sequences tightly defined?
>
> BB

Just because you have agreed Acol doesn't mean you have tightly
defined your sequences well. I think no pair can survive with an
attitude of "bid what you think you can make and pass when
you feel like it." On the other hand, detailed natural bidding WILL
get you far.

Gerben