[blml] EBU Disclosure Survey Results

[Jerry Fusselman]

On Nov 14, 2007 1:53 PM, Collins Williams <ccw.in.nc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wouldn't the announcing of doubles help the doubling side get them
> right more often?
>
> Perhaps it is just me (or my parochialism) but I find myself in
> auctions where the meaning of a double is in doubt far more often than
> the bidding of a red suit after partner's NT is ambiguous.
>
>  Collins
>


Agreed.  As a rule of thumb, a regulation for announcing should only
be in effect if the announcment will almost never give surprise UI to
partner.  Doubles are certainly not anywhere near routine enough for
this condition to me met.

Announcements are best for very well-defined and limited situations.

Jerry Fusselman