[blml] convention

[Wayne Burrows]

On 16/12/06, Sven Pran <svenpran at online.no> wrote:
> > On Behalf Of John Probst
> > 4N P 5H.  4N is direct Ace ask, not Black
> >
> > Is 5H a conventional call? "...length or values...". The HA is values.
>
> Yes:
>
> Convention: 1. A call that, by partnership agreement, conveys a meaning
> other than willingness to play in the denomination named (or in the last
> denomination named), or high-card strength or length (three cards or more)
> there. However, an agreement as to overall strength does not make a call a
> convention.
>
> The 5H bid conveys a meaning other than willingness to play in Hearts.
>

It shows high-card strength in hearts it is not conventional.

It only has to be one of the possibilities to be not conventional -
willingness to play OR high-card strength OR length.

Wayne

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