[PrecisionL]

steve2005 said:

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I cant see any use for a 5-4 pre-empt without a multi and would vote against this half measure (if I had a vote)

is anyone out there willing to give up 6-card pre-empts?

Yes, me too! Also Eklbad ...

[Siegmund]

I have since found that the "can only use Midchart if you advertise it" rule does not apply to top KO brackets or to "Flight A." Apparently the latter is interpreted to include the A/X half of strataflighted games. One wonders exactly how high B has to be for it to apply.

This does pose the problem that, if there is no advertising requirement, you have no way to know what is and isn't allowed. I will make a note to myself to ask on the first day of such tournaments this next year, and see what range of answers I get.

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Siegmund, all I can say is that I played in a "nothing special" sectional in Edmonton a while back, and caught a couple of people speeding with Mid-Chart defences to our 12-14 NT on Stratified Saturday, and did confirm at the time that on Flighted Sunday, were we playing in Flight A, they would be allowed.

...and all I can say is that a) the Edmonton unit, not District 18, would set policy for that tournament, and b) flighted sectional events are mighty rare down here -- I think I have seen one, in the last 20 or 25 sectionals I played.

Glad to hear that Seattle, among other places, is liberalizing. There may be hope for this game yet.

[mycroft]

Siegmund, on 2013-November-06, 23:29, said:

...and all I can say is that a) the Edmonton unit, not District 18, would set policy for that tournament, and b) flighted sectional events are mighty rare down here -- I think I have seen one, in the last 20 or 25 sectionals I played.

Oh yes, both. But both the Edmonton and the Calgary units (and likely many others) are lazy (or smart, or both) and defer to the district policies on this one. So rules-at-a-sectional we can expect to be rules-at-a-regional.

on b) that's interesting. We in Calgary phased out our last stratified open sectional game, by popular demand, about two years ago. So, if you're <1000MPs, you never have to play someone who can play if you don't want to. And yes, I'm seeing people with 959 not playing on teams that would require them to play in A. I don't mean occasionally, I mean all the time. My head hurts.

[Vampyr]

steve2005, on 2013-November-06, 17:14, said:

I cant see any use for a 5-4 pre-empt without a multi and would vote against this half measure (if I had a vote)

is anyone out there willing to give up 6-card pre-empts?

Well, I have had second thoughts since my last post, since I think that the Multi is negative equity, so what really should be compared is the 5+ 4+ bids (no multi) and natural weak twos.