[blml] adjudication

[Alain Gottcheiner]

At 09:22 27/06/2007 +0900, Robert Geller wrote:

>One point that has been ignored on this thread is the importance of middle
>cards.    For example, A432  A432  K32  K2 is probably not a 1NT opener
>(upgrade to 15-17) even if you use the Schenken point count, but
>A1098  A1098  KT09  K10, IMO, is defintely worth a 1NT open.  The second
>hand will probably be an average of one trick or more stronger than the
>first one.  I don't know of any formal system that is simple enough to
>actually be used at the table to quantify middle cards, but obviously
>all good players do take middle cards into account to some degree when
>they decide whether or not to open 1NT.   I don't know any easy way
>to describe this to oppts simply, but if they are reasonable players
>they are already doing this themselves anyway.   .

AG : that last sentence from Bob is the most important in the thread so far.

We started from a pair's attempt to recover from a bad result through 
lawyering.
Pairs who don't won't have any qualms about admitting that some hands might 
be upgraded or downgraded a little according to factors that might vary 
from one pair to another ; all that's needed is that we take care to 
specify those factors at some obvious place on our CCs ("general style" 
seems right).

If somebody questioned Bob's last example as a 15-17 1NT opener (or even a 
16-18 opener), I'd apply but one law : L74A2, against the plaintiff.
However, if somebody wished to call Bob's first example a 15-17 NT, one 
should rather make a statement about it.


Best regards

     Alain