[blml] A new fun game - Alain's contribution

[Alain Gottcheiner]

Ben Schelen a écrit :
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alain Gottcheiner" <agot at ulb.ac.be>
> To: "Bridge Laws Mailing List" <blml at amsterdamned.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [blml] A new fun game - Alain's contribution
>
>
> Stefanie Rohan a écrit :
>   
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I have thought of a fun game we can play. Here is how it works:
>>
>> 1. Anyone who can think of a substitution they would allow under new 27C2
>> can post details about it.
>>
>>     
>
> Okay, here's my contribution.
>
> Case 1
>
> 1C opening ; 1H answer showing 4+ spades.
>
> But LHO has overcalled 1H.
>
> Now a double (in my system at least) shows the equivalent of a 1H
> response (1S would deny spades), minus some specific types of hands
> (mainly those worth a WJR, which we don't play noncompetitively).
>
> Since everything that is said by the 1H response is also said by the
> double, this substitution should be allowed IMOBO.
>
>   

> No: the only possibility to show the 4+ spades seems to be an insufficient
> bid.
>   
I don't understand that. There is an obvious possibility to show 4+ 
spades : to double 1H, and that's exactly what the player does.
A double shows the equivalent of a 1H response, that is, 4+ spades.
 WTP ?



Best regards

     Alain