[blml] adjudication

[richard willey]

BTW, here's a fairly simple illustration:

Lets assume that the definition of a weak NT opening is as follows:

An "average" weak NT hand contains 1 Ace, 1 King, 1 Queen, 1 Jack,
plus a second King.
The width of a weak NT opening is one "King"

Using a standard "Work" 4-3-2-1 HCP scale, an average weak NT opening
has 13 HCP.  A maximum strength weak NT opening has 14 HCP.  A minimum
strength weak NT opening has 12 HP.

Using the Vienna 7-5-3-1 point count, an average weak NT opening has
21 "Vienna points".  A maximum strength weak NT opening has 23 Vienna
points.  A minimum strength weak NT opening has 19 Vienna points.

Now, lets construct a couple hands designed to maximize the skew:

Here's a 19 Vienna Point hand

Axxx
Axxx
Kxx
xx

Here's a 23 Vienna Point hand

KQJx
KQxx
Qxx
Qx

Notice that the first hand is an 11 count using Work HCP, while the
second is a 15 count.  Using the Work Count to describe agreements
based on the Vienna count is intrinsically inaccurate.





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