[Cascade]

jtfanclub, on Mar 19 2008, 05:30 AM, said:

cardsharp, on Mar 17 2008, 05:21 PM, said:

I don't understand how this relates to a 2♥ bid that shows 5+♥ and 4+♠. Are you claiming it is not a two-suited bid?

I would claim it was a natural bid.

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1. An opening suit bid or response is considered natural if in a minor it shows three or more cards in that suit and in a major it shows four or more cards in that suit.
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I would therefore argue that it was legal (and in fact may not be something they're even allowed to regulate), and apparently Mike Flader feels the same way. Unfortunately, my opinion isn't worth anything when I'm not the director.

Currently they are entitled to regulate conventions. When the 2007 laws come into affect they are entitled to regulate partnership understandings.

These 2Major openings I believe are conventions because they not only show something about the suit opened by they explicitly show length in another suits and therefore are able to be regulated.