[blml] Skip bids

[Alain Gottcheiner]

At 05:16 11/07/2006 +0100, Guthrie wrote:

>IMO, the law should be changed so that, as a
>matter of courtesy, you could invoke the "stop"
>mechanism for any class of bid that might cause
>LHO a problem.

We tried this in a club, and it doesn't work. People will convey 
(voluntarily or not) information that they think opps could have a problem. 
They will rather signal stop when their hand is strong than when it is 
weak, when the bid is artificial than when it is natural (like in 
long/short overcalls of 1NT or a strong club). It might even remember 
partner that the bid is conventional.

At least, the fact that a bid is skipping a level is objective, and if 
there is a pattern (voluntary or not) in the use/nonuse of stop, it will be 
easy to check.

Regards

   Alain