[blml] nearest card

[Alain Gottcheiner]

Dear blmlists,

Seen many repeating arguments. Seems like a good time to start a new one.

It has been said that you're free to vary your lead & carding conventions 
according to factors relevant to the deal (denomination, level, rank of the 
trick, rank of the discard ...). But I don't know whether it is correct to 
vary according to irrelevant factors. Note that I played the system 
described below a long time ago with a LOL (quite L and rather O) who 
wouldn't have considered any other method.

Any discard denies interest in the suit (like when playing lavinthal 
discards) ;
the play of a high / low card suggests the farther / closer suit as they 
are placed on the table.
Which isn't a relevant factor of the deal.

Legal or not ?

Best regards

    Alain