[blml] convention

[Laszlo Hegedus]

Wayne Burrows wrote:

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>An interesting argument Eric.
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>We can apply the same reasoning to "length" or "willingness to play".
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>"I have specifically the ace" is a subset of "I have high-card strength".
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>"I have a five-card major" is a subset of "I have length"
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>"My longest suit is spades and I am willing to play there"  is a
>subset of "I am willing to play in spades".
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>Are five-card majors conventional?
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>I think "high card strength" includes cue-bids that show a high-card
>(specific or not) in the suit bid.  A response to a specific ace-ask
>is just a species of cue-bid.
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>Wayne
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1H-2D
2N-3H
3S-4C...

Playing 2/1, 3H assigns hearts as trumpsuit. 3S and 4C are both cuebids 
(first or second roud). Do you mean that
3S is not conventional (surely Ace or King of spades);
4C is conventional (maybe shortness)?

Laci