2cl opening
Hello !
Please kindly see the file attached.
2cl opening bid by the opponents is played strong.
Here, E opens 2cl ( no alert ) and S dbl ( indicating clubs ) and all pas. So the contract is made. E submits Td at the end , complaining about the strength of the E 's hand. ( only 12 points )
As far as I know 2cl strong opening bids is made either 22+ balanced or 16 + for unbalanced hands as it is described in Blue book.
( 17+ in ACBL for unbalanced hands)
My questions are ;
1 ) is 2cl opening with 12 points considered as a psychic bid ?
2) If so , are artificial psychic bids allowed in EBL ? ( As far as I know not in ACBL if yes, please correct me)
3) How would you rule this contract if you were the Td ( also at a face to face table )
I will be very pleased if you share your thoughts.
Thanks, and regards.
Secaaddin Ozdeniz
Comments
It depends on what 2C shows. What is their agreement? Where was this played?
Hi again.
It was played on BBO . 2cl is always strong. ( This is the partnership agreement.
It still depends on the jurisdiction. If it was in an English or Welsh event I would find out why he bid 2C and if he said to show strength then he is playing an illegal agreement and the board is cancelled and he receives ave-, opponents ave+, unless they scored better. If he could convince me it was a psyche - and it is a very strange one, I would need a lot of convincing - then the result stands.
I understand that some European jurisdictions do not allow psyches of artificial openings, but there again, was it a psyche or not?
So I am afraid I cannot give a definitive answer without more information and I should need to speak to the player.
Say, the opener evaluated his hand strong enough to open 2cl simple because of 5-4-3 unbalanced distribution.
This might have been a lack of knowledge as well . But I have no idea about how EBL will consider this in not only online but also face to face tournaments.
All 2-level suit bids should be self-alerted/explained in EBU online events - face-to-face they are either announced or alert. This 2C opener isn't strong but we can't rule unless we know what was intended, and what their agreement is.