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Quote from: Paul Sherman on 29 December, 2009, 12:58 AMI got a much nicer present, which I shall tell you all about if you allow me one mildly off-topic post. :)
Totally off-topic for the moment....I would like to wish you - and the entire panel including the moderators - a very happy Christmas and an equally happy New Year.
Looks like you have already received a nice, if fitting Christmas present: a promotion to 5-star Hero Membership (whatever "Hero" means :D ;) ;D )
Quote from: bluejak on 23 February, 2010, 02:04 AM
That is one view. But as someone who plays some very strange things which are self-alerts in Australia, I do not approve at all. Playing against mediocre opposition, I overcall 1S. A round or two later my partner doubles 4S. I really feel very bad that I do not alert, since it says "Do not lead a spade" and who is going to ask?
Quote from: Paul Sherman on 29 December, 2009, 09:10 AMThe 2C was, in any case, self alerting, so I don't think the 2C alert is meaningful. My interpretation of the regulations is:
Nope. 2H shows hearts, so it's natural. As for it being a 5-card suit, that could have been discovered one bid earlier. That is why the 2C was alerted. If the opps didn't ask about the alert, it's their loss. No need to alert the same thing twice.
QuoteABF alerting regs require that "natural responses [to Stayman] which convey a message about strength or special distribution" be alerted. It seems to me then that the 2H should be alerted as 5 card.
Quote from: bluejak on 26 December, 2009, 01:07 AM
Once 2C was alerted there seems no need to to alert 2H which is a perfectly natural bid. . .