[blml] ...have we really come to this??? [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Alain Gottcheiner:

>xxx-AKQ10x-xxx-xx, which is obviously not "a
>king below average".
>
>Whence R18 goes farther than TFLB, hence is
>in contradiction to L40, yet TDs are there
>to apply it.

Richard Hills:

(R18 = Rule of 18, used by several NBOs to
define the legality of a one-level opening.
Number of cards in longest suit, plus number
of cards in second-longest suit, plus number
of Milton Work points must equal 18 or more.)

In the recent past the ABF revised its system
regulations.  Because it had qualms about the
legality of using the Rule of 18 to define a
Yellow (HUM) system, it abolished R18 and now
uses the Law 40D criterion "a King or more
below average strength" to define a Yellow
system.

Another reason the ABF abolished R18 was that
the Rule of 18 was infracted so frequently that
it became an unenforced dead-letter law, due to
the Aussie style of mad overbidding.

:-)


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
Level 6 Aqua Training Suite, DIAC
02 6225 6776

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