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dhiru

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convention ( 19:53:37 SunFeb 2 2003 )

I have just started playing bridge in United Kingdom. I do not know much about convention and cards involved. Where can I get more info. I also would like to know if some one states that he opens 1 nt (12-14 pts) and later opens with 17 pts is this allowed thanks dhiru

bluejak

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Re: convention ( 21:17:06 SunFeb 2 2003 )

We can always answer specific questions here, but for a general approach you should generally talk to some of the more experienced players in your local club. :rolleyes:

If a pair says they open 12-14 1NT, and on one occasion a player decides to mislead his partner and open siomething else that is legal. So long as he has not got a private arrangement with partner it is permitted. In many occasions it is a mistake rather than deliberate anyway. :smile:

Only if the opponents know what they are doing but are not telling you is it illegal. :sad:

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JimO

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Re: convention ( 21:21:53 SunFeb 2 2003 )

You might try the EBU website:
www.ebu.co.uk
There are plenty of links to the information you're looking for.
You can download blank convention cards, or a completed Standard ACOL or modern ACOL card. And there is a link to the "Orange Book", a handbook of EBU directives and permitted conventions.

(You didn't say where in the UK;
the Scottish Bridge Union - www.sbu.dircon.co.uk
the Welsh Bridge Union - www.wbu.org.uk
I don't have a link for Northern Ireland, if there is one.)

As far as opening a 12-14 1NT with 17 hcp - I would have to determine whether or not it was deliberate (a psych) or not (a misbid). In either case, it is legal - though if it happens often, there may be repercussions - You can check out the Orange Book (Sec. 6.2)

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