[blml] San Diego Lightfoot Sue [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[raija]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alain Gottcheiner" <agot at ulb.ac.be>
To: "Bridge Laws Mailing List" <blml at amsterdamned.org>; 
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Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] San Diego Lightfoot Sue [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]


> At 20:07 5/09/2007 -0400, Gampas at aol.com wrote:
>
>>Dlr: North
>>Vul:  None
>>
>>\         JT93
>>\       AQJ98
>>\     98
>>\    62
>>---      \               AQ4
>>KT3        \             752
>>QT765        \           32
>>T9753          \         AKQJ8
>>K87652\
>>64       \
>>AKJ4       \
>>4            \
>>
>>WEST      NORTH      EAST       SOUTH
>>---        Pass      1NT        2C(1)
>>2D(2)     Pass       2H         2S
>>3C         4S         5C         Pass
>>Pass      Dble       Pass      Pass
>>Pass

(snip)

> You know what ? That's my strong impression. It is so incredible to play 
> 2D
> as a transfer in such a situation (what do you do on a flat hand ?) that 
> it
> will need more than a piece of paper to convince me. 'credo quia absurdum'
> doesn't apply to bridge.
>
> Best regards
>
>     Alain

Playing major suit transfers *on* over opposing Dbl or 2C is a very common 
method  where I play (Western US).  My estimate is that about 50% players do 
it and this may be a conservative estimate.  It is also common with online 
pick up partners from anywhere in the world, who are beyond the intermediate 
level.

Cheers,
Raija