[blml] Positronic brain

[Sven Pran]

> On Behalf Of Herman De Wael
> Yesterday, the following occured to me:
> 
> I was second in hand, and started looking intently at my cards. After
> lots of thought, I opened 2Cl. In our system, this is either weak with
> both majors, or any semi-GF hand. After I'd done this, it seemed to me
> that I had given UI. Of course I was strong - why else would I need to
> think for so long. Now equally certainly, in the second round of
> bidding, I was to give AI to my partner that I was strong (by bidding
> when any weak hand would now pass).
> 
> This is not any sort of "extraneous" information. It is UI, pure and
> simple. Yet the AI from the next round tells exactly the same thing.
> Is my partner burdened with L16 restrictions? Of course I mean after
> the second bid, of course he is restricted during the first round of
> bidding.

Yes, your partner has UI and must take care not to base his actions on this.
But the UI is not what I believe you have in mind!

Partner has the UI that your 2Cl opening bid was not obvious! In other words
that you were on the edge of selecting another opening bid instead of 2Cl.

Regards Sven