[lamford]

 bluejak, on 2011-May-23, 07:05, said:

It is not ridiculous to describe the methods that you play. If you play that you open the same thing with a hand that could have 12 HCP or 24 HCP then you are required to tell opponents so. The single word "strong" does not do so.

Yes it does.

[bluejak]

Well, I know oyu to be an ethical player, so I just do not believe oyu. If oyu play a hand may be strong, or highly distributional and somewhat pre-emptive, I do not believe that you, Paul, woudl merely tell th eopponents "strong".



I have given up spellchecking for the moment.

[lamford]

 bluejak, on 2011-June-06, 07:05, said:

Well, I know oyu to be an ethical player, so I just do not believe oyu. If oyu play a hand may be strong, or highly distributional and somewhat pre-emptive, I do not believe that you, Paul, woudl merely tell th eopponents "strong".



I have given up spellchecking for the moment.

I will buy you a Chambers Dictionary for Xmas! I would indeed strain to be as complete as possible, while not wanting the opponents to doze off. For our 2C I state 20-21 balanced or any game force. That stops them coming in when I have a bad pre-empt in clubs and later pass partner's five-card puppet Stayman. I even get to play it!

So I would say more than the minimum, but the average player can only be expected to get as far as the Tangerine Book. And they will think strong is an adequate description, so they should not be punished.

[gnasher]

 lamford, on 2011-June-06, 08:54, said:

I will buy you a Chambers Dictionary for Xmas!

Wouldn't it be better to buy him a dictionary? David is having trouble with his spelling, not the height of his monitor.

[lamford]

 gnasher, on 2011-June-07, 04:30, said:

Wouldn't it be better to buy him a dictionary? David is having trouble with his spelling, not the height of his monitor.

Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal is the best for raising the height of the monitor, and it doesn't matter that it is in Dutch. Sadly it is currently out of print.