[blml] convention

[Wayne Burrows]

On 20/12/06, Eric Landau <ehaa at starpower.net> wrote:
> At 07:58 PM 12/18/06, Wayne wrote:
>
> >1.  What is a bid in common use that shows high-card strength in a
> >denomination but does not show length or willingness to play in the
> >denomination?  In other words what were the law makers intending to be
> >covered by the 'high card strength' clause?
>
> Fragment bids, fit-showing jumps (as most folks play them) and natural
> game tries come to mind.  I'm confident that if I took a few more
> minutes I could come up with others.
>

Length is defined as three or more cards so we are talking about -
Fragment bids on  a doubleton or singleton, fit-showing jumps on a
doubleton or a singleton and natural game tries on a doubleton or
singleton.

All of those things are possible but in my experience are not very
common.  A fragment is usually a three-card suit (length); fit-jumps
are usually four or more cards (length) and natural game tries are
usually three or more cards.

Wayne