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We are not in a relationship .... Played in the same team for a number of years, all pairs playing the same method.

Why not? - Law 43A1 (b) Dummy may not call attention to an irregularity during play. © Dummy must not participate in the play, nor may he communicate anything about the play to declarer. Introduction - for clarification "penalised),”shall” do (a violation will incur a penalty more often than not) “must” do (the strongest word, a serious matter indeed). Again “must not” is the strongest prohibition, “shall not” is strong but “may not” is stronger – just short of “must not”. I mean it doesn't happen often but dummy could be a better player than declarer and surmise that declarer is about to take a losing finesse when the drop might work . . .

I think that your assumption about the genesis of the ACBL's regulation regarding "short club" openings is incorrect. My understanding is that it was done to prevent people from using those horrible conventional defenses against Aunt Gladys. As to your last, why not just eliminate the fifteen words of the language of bridge and just require players to say what they have in the common language of the people playing the game? "I have 5 spades and 12 to 21 points"... "I have 3 spades and 6 to 9 points"... "I think this is a good spot." End. Of course, some auctions are more complex than that, and there may be "unintended consequences" to this simple change. :o B-)

I agee with Dave. I play this for fun and love races with all the known players over the years we love to challenge each other. I have spent a lot of dollars playing this over the years since it started and feel very sad and let down that you think its not important "not high up on your list " Others are also sending me messages as they also feel let down. We need higher numbers back as players leave when they are new as only a couple in that normally win and will go to the free one. I am playing far less as numbers are too small. The comps were fantastic and I am sure profitable for BBO as a lot of players played in them. Also I don't know who's doing the programming but it really had dropped :(

After 2♠ we can still stop in 3♠, and maybe we can also stop in 4m in some auctions although I think I prefer to play 4m as always forcing.