[pbleighton]

What do you think of the GCC compliance of
2C = 15-37 hcp, 5+ hearts
2D = 15-37 hcp, 5+ spades

I think it fits under "a strong hand".

Peter

[helene_t]

With a 5-card you can't have more than 10+9+9+7=35 HCP

[jtfanclub]

pbleighton, on Jan 25 2007, 01:29 PM, said:

What do you think of the GCC compliance of
2C = 15-37 hcp, 5+ hearts
2D = 15-37 hcp, 5+ spades

I think it fits under "a strong hand".

Peter

I guess it's compliant, under Midchart, it says

Allowed

5. Opening 2♦ showing a weak two-bid in an unspecified major and may include additional strong (15+ HCP) meanings.

8. Any strong (15+ HCP) opening bid.

I see no other definition of strong bids anywhere (16+ is defined as 16+, not strong), so I have to think that it's legal, at least technically.

I don't think that you'll get too much flack for this, but if you used it as 15+ and an unknown 5+ card suit which cannot be the suit bid, they'd find some way to stop you.

[glen]

Repeating my reply from rgb with a typo corrected:

Since the ACBL begins Responses and Rebids part 7 with "7. ARTIFICIAL AND CONVENTIONAL CALLS after strong (15+ HCP), forcing opening bids..." this strongly implies that the feeling is that 15+ HCP = strong, even though under openings one just has the vague "a strong hand". However for bonus fun describe 2C and 2D as 15+ HCP or 8+ tricks, to allow upgrades due to playing value. For a discussion on how strong is strong:

the 2C with 12 HCP thread (clarifications on ACBL ruling for 2C please)