[blml] convention

[Sven Pran]

> On Behalf Of 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.

No, that is precisely NOT what the 5H bid shows. A suit with KQJ is of 50%
greater strength than a suit with only the Ace. What the 5H bid shows is
exactly the Ace of Hearts, not the high card strength in Hearts.

Sven