[blml] Rueful Rabbit [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Jerry Fusselman]

On 10/2/07, richard.hills at immi.gov.au <richard.hills at immi.gov.au> wrote:
>
> Jerry Fusselman asked:
>
> >How many clubs, and what distribution, does
> >3C show?
>
> Richard Hills asks:
>
> Is the concept "aces are meant to beat kings"
> included in the Law 75C caveat of "general
> knowledge and experience"?
>
> Likewise, are the concepts "when in doubt, bid
> one more" and "competing for the partscore"
> also general knowledge and experience?
>
> Surely it is general knowledge and experience
> that North's "distribution" might be that a
> doubleton club is North's shortness, since
> scattered values and a 6-2 club fit is enough
> to compete to the three level at imps, if one
> hopes to score +110 in 3C or +100 defending 3S.
>

Anyone else find this a snooty answer?  Richard, would you give this
kind of answer at the table to someone who might totally unfamiliar
with these methods?

All right, since you said very little, what would 2NT, 3D, 3H, 4C,
double, and pass have shown?  How should I know what kinds of hands
would not bid 3C if you don't tell me?   Actually, it took me a while
to see that 3C was intended as natural---it might have been totally
artificial, as I imagined was possible at first, if your bidding
system over interference was poor.

When someone is totally unfamiliar with your methods, do you really
want to give a truth-economist answer with a bonus two-paragraph legal
preamble?

Besides, the methods don't make much sense to me.  You don't care
about voids and lots of extra clubs when opening 2C?  Seems to me that
your possible range of strength of the hand is so great (if the
statement describing 2C is complete) that there is a possibility that
some information has not been disclosed.  For example, what would it
take for a hand that fits your description of 2C to be too good and
therefore be opened 1C?

Regards,
Jerry Fusselman