[blml] L9A vs L73B1

[Henk Uijterwaal]

Herman De Wael wrote:
> Jan Peter Pals wrote:

> I would almost rule against someone who 
> does not ask and solely relies on an alert.

Doesn't this defeat the purpose of the alert system?

> BTW, in Belgium there is no difference in treatment of "1Cl can be 
> 4432" and "1cl better minor", but even here, players are obliged to 
> tell their system at the start of the round. I would imagine that in 
> the Netherlands, where such difference is much more important, it 
> should be a big infraction if people do not start by saying that they 
> play that 1Cl could be 2.

There is a requirement that you hand over your convention card to the
opponents at the start of the round, which is effectively the same.
However, there is no requirement that one actually remembers what is
on the opponent's card by the time a bid comes up.

Henk



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