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Does this mean that 'cryptic' bridge is forbidden? Or doesn't it?

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Posted 2007-October-13, 11:10

Thank you. That is a good explanation of encrypted bidding.

The several posts immediately prior to my last post were discussing carding, although they were not discussing encrypted carding, per se. Hence my comment.

Encrypted carding is when a side is varying their signalling methods depending upon the number of cards each partner holds in a key suit. For example, suppose the partnership has an agreement that when one partner holds an even number of cards in the key suit, that partner will play upside down count and attitude signals, but if one of them holds an odd number of cards in the key suit, that partner will play standard count and attitude signals. Once the number of cards that declarer holds in the suit is known, the defenders know what kind of carding each of them is playing, but the declarer does not.

The key suit is often a suit bid by the defending partnership. If declarer shows out of a suit early in the hand, that suit will be the key suit if the length of the defenders' holdings is not known to declarer.

Furthermore, once declarer does know the number of cards in the key suit and, hence, the kind of defensive signals that each defender is using, both partners revert to their normal signalling method.
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Posted 2007-October-13, 11:31

hrothgar, on Oct 12 2007, 06:14 PM, said:

blackshoe, on Oct 13 2007, 01:34 AM, said:

To be fair to Mr. Endicott, I don't think he invented the ploy you ascribe to him.

He has directly stated so on several occasions

I don't recall it. Perhaps I was not privy to those conversations. Or perhaps my memory is faulty.
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Posted 2007-October-13, 12:29

blackshoe, on Oct 13 2007, 08:31 PM, said:

I don't recall it. Perhaps I was not privy to those conversations. Or perhaps my memory is faulty.

The comments took place on the Bridge Laws mailing list.
You might be able to search for one.
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Posted 2007-October-13, 16:19

I searched. I did not find any on this subject.
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Posted 2007-October-13, 16:36

blackshoe, on Oct 14 2007, 01:19 AM, said:

I searched. I did not find any on this subject.

It was a side comment.
I don't recall the thread or the title.

You're welcome to go off and search through all the archives.
You're welcome to ask Grattan (he should be back from Shanghai soon)
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