[blml] convention

[Wayne Burrows]

On 16/12/06, Mike Amos <sarahamos at onetel.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sven Pran" <svenpran at online.no>
> To: "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [blml] convention
>
>
> >> 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.
> >
> But Sven that doesnt make it a convention
>
>
> There are three clauses in the definition
>
> willingness to play in the denomination named (or in the last denomination
> named)
>
> or high-card strength
>
> or length (three cards or more) there
>
> IMHO 5H shows high card strength and so is NOT a convention
>
> (at the very least this demonstrates what poor definition this is)
>

Why is it poor?

It clearly gives three conditions one of which must be met to make the
bid non-conventional.

Wayne