Vampyr Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 I don't see the relevance of that. Most people are learning from friends in kitchen bridge, then non-affiliated clubs, not from accredited bridge teachers. My views are based on what I see week in, week out, not what I would like to see. I don't think that Gordon was implying that these people took bridge lessons. I think he was using methods taught as a sort of metric on what can be considered normal or abnormal. In Holland anouncing is not part of the regulations and its not allowed to explain a bid without being asked. Not that it matters in this case. We had problems with things like alerting 2♦; played most frequently as natural and weak weak but could be eg Multi or Benji. Same with opening 1♣ -- back in the day you alerted it if it could be three(!), again most frequently played as natural, might be short, but could be Precision, Polish etc. The current regulation works much better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 Because you first have to explain the difference between a call and a bid. Besides, they're not interested in law text. The only reason they play is,t's a nice way to spend the afternoon or evening, chat a bit and play something they call bridge. The result is not very important, for some totally unimportant.So just tell them it's illegal, and if they argue, tell them to STFU. If they do it again, issue a PP. B-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weejonnie Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 So just tell them it's illegal, and if they argue, tell them to STFU. If they do it again, issue a PP. B-)How to lose a pair of potential bridge players - 101. If I may add - when at school, I had been playing bridge (rubber) for some time so, when the opportunity arose at the first duplicate I attended (a teams event between schools), I claimed 150 honours! The TD very kindly explained that the scoring in rubber and duplicate were different and honours didn't count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 See the smiley there, weejonnie? It was meant to indicate that I was kidding. I guess "I don't get English humor" works both ways. B-) And yes, the director at your first duplicate handled that situation exactly the way he should have done, and the way I would have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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