[blml] British bridge terminology

[Grattan Endicott]

Grattan Endicott
grandeval at vejez.fsnet .co.uk
[also gesta at tiscali.co.uk]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jean-Pierre Rocafort" <jean-pierre.rocafort at meteo.fr>
To: "Bridge Laws Mailing List" <blml at amsterdamned.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] British bridge terminology


Brian a écrit :
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> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:48:54 +0200
> Jean-Pierre Rocafort <jean-pierre.rocafort at meteo.fr> wrote:
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>> he will tell you that he never names the rank, that all his fellows
>> do likewise, that it's common usage
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> Very interesting. Unless running a solid suit, that sounds to me like
> dummy assisting with determining the play.
i don't think: declarer routinely breaks L46A with incomplete
designations and expects to routinely fall back on L46B2. dummy
following the same common usage, places played cards according to his
intentions. as you said, common usage takes precedence over obsolete laws.
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> Maybe things really are that different at Gawrys's level, I'm just a
> player who got suckered into doing a club TD job for a decade or so, so
> I have no idea what goes on up in the higher echelons.
my own experience is that all "champions" i have seen, so act (only
naming suit when playing a low card from dummy), many other players also
by mimicry; and they categorize as palookas those following L46A.

jpr
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> Brian.
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+=+ In Law 46B2 we provide s crutch and those short of breath use it.
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