bluejak Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 Perhaps the ludicrousness is that some think these things should be regulated which only seems to lead to silly rules.Your saying so many times over the years with no explanation or justification does not help. Any rules will have borderline cases: it is silly to assume that makes the rules wrong. No doubt you believe that because a different jurisdiction with different history and different general approaches and different feelings in their average and weak players has a less restrictive approach proves that somewhere else should do the same. I find such an argument completely unconvincing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejak Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 I would think 11+ would be more logical than 12+, since you are permitted to open one of a suit by agreement on any hand with 11 points, and it is the smallest such integer. Happily this is also -- provided we are considering first or second seat openers -- independent of the level of permitted agreements. The case for 8+ presumably is the corresponding statement with "some" rather than "any".The WBU uses the EBU Orange book. The WBU L&EC have interpreted 'the minimum highcard strength associated with an opening bid' as 11 HCP. This will appear in the latest WBU L&EC minutes when published. Of course, this does not apply in England, but it solves the matter for Welsh TDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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