[blml] adjudication

[Alain Gottcheiner]

At 19:10 27/06/2007 +0100, Nigel wrote:



>[Robert]
>The argument that someone who doesn't open 1NT on QJx QJx QJxx KQJ
>(because he has "15 HCP") or does open 1NT on A1098  A1098  K10 K109
>"with only 14 points" is committing a violation of some rule or other
>and should be punished is ridiculous and would destroy the game of
>bridge as we know it.  Theoretically there needs to be a disclosure
>mechanism for how the adjustments are being made, but in a match with
>only reasonable players this isn't a serious problem because everyone
>is making more or less the same type of adjustments. So the only thing
>that may be needed is an effort to educate beginning/intermediate
>players that this is part of the game.  The exact details of each
>player's adjustments may vary slightly, but everybody reasonable is
>more or less doing the same thing.
>
>[nige1]
>
>Let's shred another straw man :)
>
>If you agree a *14-17 HCP* 1N I see no problem with you passing on
>Robert's first hand and opening 1N on his second. Nor can I imagine
>anybody else objecting.


You're plain wrong, Nigel. Robert's first example is "a very poor 15 HCP", 
perhaps worth about 14.2, whence it falls within a 14-17 range but perhaps 
not within a 15-17 range. Declarin g 14-17 as your range means you'll open 
many balanced 14's and about all balanced 15's with 1NT, and that's 
precisely why you'd be wrong declaring 14-17 range when 14 HCP openings are 
very uncommon.