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Alerting Policy |
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Adopted
July 1997, revised August 2002
| 1. |
The
objective is to have a uniform WBF policy which is applied
to all WBF events. |
| 2. |
It
is not intended that this should over-ride Alerting Policies
developed by the Zone or NCBOs. |
| 3. |
Full
disclosure is vital. However, players who participate
in WBF events are expected to protect themselves to a
large extent. They are also expected to observe the spirit
of the Laws as well as the letter. |
| 4. |
The
Policy has been made as simple as possible. Players,
however, are expected to alert whenever there is doubt.
(N.B. Where screens are in use, an alert on one side
but not on the other does not necessarily imply an infraction.) |
The following
classes of calls should be alerted:
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Conventional
bids should be alerted, non-conventional bids should
not. |
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Those
bids which have special meanings or which are based on
or lead to special understandings between the partners.
(A player may not make a call or play based on a special
partnership understanding unless an opposing pair may
reasonably be expected to understand its meaning, or
unless his side discloses the use of such call or play
in accordance with the regulations of the sponsoring
organization). See Law 40(b). |
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Non-forcing
jump changes of suit responses to opening bids or overcalls,
and non-forcing new suit responses by an unpassed hand
to opening bids of one of a suit. |
The following
called should not be alerted (except when screens
are in use):
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All doubles. |
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Any no-trump bid which
suggests a balanced or semi-balanced hand, or suggests
a no-trump contract. |
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3. Any call at the four
level or higher, with the exception of conventional calls
on the first round of the auction. |
Nevertheless,
players must respect the spirit of the Policy as well as
the letter.
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