[blml] adjudication

[Alain Gottcheiner]

At 13:52 27/06/2007 -0400, Eric Landau wrote:

>I think it would be a terrible idea to require "adjustments" to be
>declared on the CC.  99.9% of pairs would need to write an essay
>("upgrade lots of 10s and 9s or good honor combinations, downgrade
>lots of HC in Qs and Js or short or unguarded honors...") -- and
>that's just for NT openers! -- and would merely be stating what is
>near-universal and obvious to most.  I'm talking about pairs who
>really do use alternative evaluation methods (which can include far
>more than merely "a different point count"); they are rare, but
>definitely do exist.

AG : in an old partnership, we had the following agreement, supported by 
mathematical evidence and duly mentioned on our CC : "we do not count 
anything for unsupported jacks". Not a different point count, I'd say, but 
should definitely be known.

Best regards

     Alain