stevedrew

Thank you all for responding. I also direct, and my concern is for less experienced players.They have only the opps' cc for guidance. My suggestion is that bids deviating from the cc be self-alerted. I realize there is no way to get all agreements on the cc. I carry this to extremes : playing support X, I will self-alert my pass on 1C (p) 1S (2H) pass. Also , all responses to Jacoby 2N ( 1S 2N 4S - I have a minimum with no singleton or void ). My goal is for the opponents to know as much about my bids as my partner does. Newer players don't know which question to ask, especially about negative inferences that my partner will know.

In a BBO matchpoint tournament tonight, N ( a "star" player) bid 2S after two passes at favorable vul with S 106432 H 102 D J983 C J10 The convention card had std weak 2-bids marked. Bidding with 2 HCP is quite a variation from the convention card, and seems more like a psyche that could be fielded by partner given the position and vulnerability. The director's response was " anything goes third hand at these colors". Is that the correct ruling?