[blml] adjudication

[Eric Landau]

On Jun 27, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Nigel wrote:

> Wallowing in Eric's Walrus trap :)
>
> Your true 15-18 HCP range is more useful to opponents than a *16-17  
> HCP* or *15-17 HCP* or *16-18  HCP* curtailment. For example, it is  
> clear that you don't open 1N on 14HCP or 19HCP.

...until, someday, I do.  When that happens, does it really help my  
future opponents for me to expand my declared HCP range forever after  
on the off chance that someday it may happen again?

Now in Nigel's world, I am unlikely to ever to face that problem...  
because I'm really playing 16-18-, but am calling it "15-18" because  
I opened a particularly attractive 15-count a few years ago.

We should choose what we write on our CC with the goal of maximizing  
the usefulness of the information to our prospective opponents, not  
its historical accuracy.


Eric Landau
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Silver Spring MD 20910
ehaa at starpower.net