[blml] GK&E (was: alertability)

[Jerry Fusselman]

Sven Pran wrote:
>
> I know of no system agreements that specify a minimum length of 5 cards for
> a simple overcall, this is simply common sense.
>
> When I agree system with an occasional partner I discuss for instance
> whether we require 4- or 5-card suits for an opening bid of one in major. I
> never bother to ascertain that we need 5 cards for overcalling. Still, if
> asked this fact must of course also be disclosed.
>

There some good players who overcall at the one level with a really
good four-card suit.  Mike Lawrence, for example.  He's a good player.
 He talks about in his book, "Overcalls."
I often cringe when a bridge player calls an agreement "common sense."

-Jerry Fusselman