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bluejak, on 2011-October-20, 06:51, said:
What is illegal as an agreement depends on the regulations where you play. Opening 1♦ with no diamonds is legal all over the world assuming it shows opening values, and is not brown sticker. It depends on your club whether you are allowed to play brown stickers.
But if a player will also open 1♦ whenever he has three points and fewer than four diamonds, that is an agreement, not a psyche, must be disclosed, and is an illegal agreement in most jurisdictions.
If on the other hand his agreement is to have 11-16 points and no five card-major [unless he has a longer minor] then if on one occasion he decides to open with three points, that is a psyche and legal.
But if a player will also open 1♦ whenever he has three points and fewer than four diamonds, that is an agreement, not a psyche, must be disclosed, and is an illegal agreement in most jurisdictions.
If on the other hand his agreement is to have 11-16 points and no five card-major [unless he has a longer minor] then if on one occasion he decides to open with three points, that is a psyche and legal.
Ah I see. I think I got it. You are trying to say that opening 1♦ is always legal because of the following. It is not a psyche cos it is agreed, neither does it look anywhere near like a psyche. On the other hand, the agreement itself is not brown sticker because brown sticker conventions are (roughly speaking) preempts and overcalls that are weak (in other words disturbing bids) that do not have an anchor suit. Opening 1♦ has no anchor suit but it is not weak.
What would be illegal would be for example like I have said earlier, opening 2♠ on the green against red third seat with anything (or, to be geeky, with either weak 2 in spades or not a weak 2 in spades). We agree to play weak 2's, and we also agree to psyche whenever it is tempting to, so this psychic bid is in this sense "required" by system.
Did I get my facts right, my seniors?
