[blml] De Wael comments on 27 procedure.

[gesta at tiscali.co.uk]

Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Gampas at aol.com>
To: <blml at amsterdamned.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] De Wael comments on 27 procedure.


> In a message dated 22/05/2008 15:45:23 GMT Standard Time,
> gesta at tiscali.co.uk writes:
>
> But if the IB is 1C this can only have
> been an intended opening; it  is knowledge the partner
> brought to the table that 1C can only be an opening  bid.
>
> Get into the real world. At my classes at a London Adult Education 
> College
> players often made insufficient bids because they temporarily forgot the 
> order
> of the suits, or for reasons best known to themselves. And that was after
> attending the same course for two years previously.
>
> Yes, I know, I must have been a hopeless teacher.
>
+=+ Ah, that's where all these insufficient 1C bids are coming from.
        That's why we say that in theory players come to the table with
a knowledge of the laws.
                                              ~ Grattan ~   +=+