Subject: Paragraphs 7C1(A) to 7C1(D) (inclusive) of 2024 Blue Book
Has anyone got a list of examples of the strong bids that would be permissible under the above paragraphs covered in the 2024 Blue Book ? There is a lot of good stuff covered in these paragraphs about strong meanings, non-strong meanings, the number of cards in the suit called or not etc etc. I need to explain all of these in layman's terms to our members. So if anyone has prepared a paper or have some examples that you could share with me, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
@Robin_BarkerTD said:
I think 'balanced; is no singleton or void, at most one doubleton; and semi-balanced is no singleton or void, at most two doubletons.
However, the definition of balanced included two shapes that have two doubletons - 5422 and 6322
Presumably then, semi-balanced includes singletons, such as 5431.
I play a wide-ranging NT rebid with 1 partner, of 12-16, such that after 1D - 1H - 1NT shows 12-16 and balanced(ish) - soften it includes a 12 point hand with a singleton H.
I will occasionally overcall 1NT with stops in the opening suit but a shortage in a side-suit.
For example 1H - (1NT) might have S: Q, H: AQ7, D: KQxxx, C: Axxx (can't pass, 2C looks like a poor representation of my hand and a double can get me in trouble after partner bids 4S thinking I had more than one.
I would class that as semi-balanced in my mind too.
@Robin_BarkerTD said:
I think 'balanced' is no singleton or void, at most one doubleton; and semi-balanced is no singleton or void, at most two doubletons.
However, the definition of balanced included two shapes that have two doubletons - 5422 and 6322
Blue Book "balanced" is not what "I think 'balanced'" is or was. In fact, Blue Book "balanced" is what I think of as 'semi-balanced'. That is why the Blue Book does not define "semi-balanced".
Blue Book 6D2 (and much of Section 6) did not fall under the same scruting as Section 7 when the new glossary definitions were introduced. In 6D2, "(semi-)balanced" can clearly be replaced by "balanced.
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Final draft
https://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/laws-and-ethics/2024/blue-book-draft.pdf
Changes
https://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/laws-and-ethics/2024/blue-book-changes-2024.pdf
Let me hijack this tread to announce the new Blue Book (2024). There is also a new White Book, see separate thread.
Blue Book
https://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/laws-and-ethics/blue-book/blue-book.pdf
Changes document - same document, different link
https://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/laws-and-ethics/2024/blue-book-changes.pdf
List of significant changes to the Blue Book
There are minor wording changes to the ANNOUNCEMENT & ALERT SUMMARY
https://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/laws-and-ethics/blue-book/announcements-table.pdf
Subject: Paragraphs 7C1(A) to 7C1(D) (inclusive) of 2024 Blue Book
Has anyone got a list of examples of the strong bids that would be permissible under the above paragraphs covered in the 2024 Blue Book ? There is a lot of good stuff covered in these paragraphs about strong meanings, non-strong meanings, the number of cards in the suit called or not etc etc. I need to explain all of these in layman's terms to our members. So if anyone has prepared a paper or have some examples that you could share with me, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
The Blue Book uses the term "semi-balanced" and has the following definition of balanced:
Distributions [4432], [4333], [5332], [5422] and [6322] are balanced;
all other distributions are unbalanced
but there is no definition of semi-balanced.
I think I know what it is but can anybody supply clarification?
I think 'semi-balanced' is only used once in 6G2. This appears to be the only occurence of 'semi'.
I think 'balanced; is no singleton or void, at most one doubleton; and semi-balanced is no singleton or void, at most two doubletons.
Thank you. That is what I thought it was.
Chris
However, the definition of balanced included two shapes that have two doubletons - 5422 and 6322
Presumably then, semi-balanced includes singletons, such as 5431.
I play a wide-ranging NT rebid with 1 partner, of 12-16, such that after 1D - 1H - 1NT shows 12-16 and balanced(ish) - soften it includes a 12 point hand with a singleton H.
I will occasionally overcall 1NT with stops in the opening suit but a shortage in a side-suit.
For example 1H - (1NT) might have S: Q, H: AQ7, D: KQxxx, C: Axxx (can't pass, 2C looks like a poor representation of my hand and a double can get me in trouble after partner bids 4S thinking I had more than one.
I would class that as semi-balanced in my mind too.
Blue Book "balanced" is not what "I think 'balanced'" is or was. In fact, Blue Book "balanced" is what I think of as 'semi-balanced'. That is why the Blue Book does not define "semi-balanced".
Blue Book 6D2 (and much of Section 6) did not fall under the same scruting as Section 7 when the new glossary definitions were introduced. In 6D2, "(semi-)balanced" can clearly be replaced by "balanced.