[blml] Unfair advantage?

[Jean-Pierre Rocafort]

Stefanie Rohan a écrit :
> Steve Willner:
> 
>> When we open our artificial 1D bid, the practical defense is that if LHO
>> bids 2D without asking a question, it's Michaels, whereas ask and then
>> bid 2D is natural.  Of course the explanation of 2D is always
>> "undiscussed."  Given that everyone at the table knows what 2D really
>> means in either case, why shouldn't we be allowed to vary our own
>> agreements accordingly?
> 
> Well, since you know what the 2D is, you are not actually varying your 
> agreements; you are playing whatever your agreements are over 
> natural/Michaels 2D.
>> Yes, the did ask/didn't ask info is UI to the opponents, but in real
>> life...?
> 
> Well, a face-value reading of the law suggests that your opponents' defence 
> is legal.
i hope you are wrong and L40A2 forbids this behaviour.
otherwise you could use the same bid to describe 2 different sorts of 
hands according to your needs.
suppose you agree to play michael's against 1D except when 1D doesn't 
warrant diamonds, which is a perfectly authorized agreement. your rho 
opens 1D, alerted. when you are dealt a major 2-suiter, you don't ask 
and overcall 2D: partner will understand as he knows you can't know that 
rho doesn't hold diamonds. when you are dealt diamonds, you ask then 
overcall 2D: partner will understand you have diamonds. please, tell me 
it can't be that way.

jpr

> 
> Stefanie Rohan
> London, England 
> 

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