[blml] Today's L27C question

[Wayne Burrows]

> 6. I open 1H. They tell me they opened 1S. Unless I'm playing very, very
> sound overcalls, neither 2H nor 3H nor double would be allowed, so I'm
> fixed.

Sometimes yes.

You might be able to overcall 2S showing a two-suiter.  My two-suiters
should qualify if I am vulnerable but perhaps not if I am not
vulnerable.

The more I think about these examples the more I think that the new
rule is more restrictive than the old rule.  Previously if the bidding
went (1S) 1H I could correct at the lowest level without penalty so
long as 1H and 2H were both incontrovertibly not conventional.  Now
there are quite severe restrictions on when a correction is allowed.

This seems to be the opposite of the stated intention of the lawmakers.

Wayne