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From: Bjørn Olsen <bjo...@online.no>
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Yesterday my pard and i met another couple. My pard the
dealer opened in 1 c (SAYC). The RHO bid 2 c. I twice asked RHO about
the meaning, but got no answer. Opps ended in 4 sp. with RHO as dummy.
He had singel c and 5-5 in major. I wrote pls. alert. To my surprice i
got the answer that was not nescessary due to the rules of ok
bridge.Cuebid were not alertable.
Due to the international bridge rules shall every bid beyond 3 nt be
alerted if they dont show a real color.
If opps.answer is right shal we play with other rules in ok.bridge than
the international accepted.
Grateful if u can clear this up for me.

Fiendly greetings

Bjørn
Olsen

Ps. The play ended 2 down. A poor result fo opps. My pard and I left
the tbl. after a singel deal.

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Bjorn Olsen wrote;

> ... My pard the

>dealer opened in 1 c (SAYC). The RHO bid 2 c. I twice asked RHO about
>the meaning, but got no answer. Opps ended in 4 sp. with RHO as dummy.
>He had singel c and 5-5 in major. I wrote pls. alert. To my surprice i
>got the answer that was not nescessary due to the rules of ok
>bridge.Cuebid were not alertable.
>

In the American Contract Bridge League the recent changes to the alert rules
made it so no cue bids were alertable. I don't know that okb has any rules
as such. I'm sure in other sponsoring organizations there are some in which
a Michael's cue bid is alertable.

When I make a Michael's cue bid I tend not to alert but to explain whether
or not asked.

It is a clear violation to fail to explain the meaning of a bid when asked.

following lightning

Henk Uijterwaal (Oxford)

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Jan 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/8/97

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bjo...@online.no writes:

>Yesterday my pard and i met another couple. My pard the

>dealer opened in 1 c (SAYC). The RHO bid 2 c. I twice asked RHO about
>the meaning, but got no answer. Opps ended in 4 sp. with RHO as dummy.
>He had singel c and 5-5 in major. I wrote pls. alert. To my surprice i
>got the answer that was not nescessary due to the rules of ok
>bridge.Cuebid were not alertable.

Under the ACBL rules, which are different from the international (WBF),
cuebids are not alertable. The idea is that a bid in the opponents
suit is almost always conventional and is easily recognized as being
something conventional, so an alert doesn't really add anything here.
So, from ACBL opponents, the answer was correct.

Of course, when asked, they opponents should explain the bid to you,
a failure to do so is a clear violating of the rules everywhere.

Henk

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