New Alert Rules Effective January 1, 2012

12/24/2011

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At the 2011 Toronto National Tournament the ACBL board of directors approved two changes to the Alert chart, as follows:

"Item 112-49: Alert Chart

A. Conventions and Competitions Committee Suggestions – Alert Chart

Remove the requirement to Alert a cheapest club bid response over a NT opener or overcall, regardless of response structure. Rebids by notrump bidder which are different from standard (such as “Puppet Stayman”) would still be Alertable.

B. Amend the definitions of natural openers to include a 1C opener on specifically 4432 with 2 clubs and 4-4 in the majors.

Effective January 1, 2012."



 


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Ed Parker
12/24/2011 17:28

I interpret the new alert rule to mean that it is no longer required to announce, "could be short" when opening 1 club with two clubs, two four card majors and three diamonds.

Ed

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Ed Parker
12/24/2011 17:32

Mike Flader of ACBL disagrees with my interpretation.

His comment is as follows:

"According to our regulations, although it is now being defined as a natural opening bid, an announcement will still be required."

Therefore you should follow the ACBL interpretation, not mine.

My further comment is: Why make the change to the alert rules if it doesn't change anything?

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Ed Parker
12/24/2011 17:35

The ACBL answer to my question is: The purpose is to prevent the opponents as treating this 1C opening as artificial which allows conventional defenses not on the General Convention Chart.

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