Xmas Dinner
4 December
The EBU refined its rules on Announcements and Alerts in 2013. . We are no longer affiliated to the EBU but we do try to maintain reasonable compatibility. The following chart shows the rules we have adopted. They are not very different but are a little more simplified.
BID
ANNOUNCEMENT
EBU REQUIREMENT IF DIFFERENT
COMMENT
1§ and 1¨artificial bids
Announcement required where cards in bid suit could be less than 3
Alert and volunteer to explain by giving point range , possible no. of cards in suit bid and whether forcing or not
1NT Opening
None if the bid is 12-14 and will not contain a singleton.
Otherwise state the point range and/or if it may contain a singleton
Always state the point range
It is perfectly acceptable if a player does announce 12-14 points
2NT Opening
None if the bid is 20-22. Otherwise state the point count
It is perfectly acceptable if a player does announce 20-22 points
A Stayman bid of 2§ over 1NT Opening or
3§ over 2NT Opening
“Stayman”
For the record 5 card stayman is not Stayman and therefore has to be alerted
A transfer bid of 2¨or 3¨ over 1 or 2NT Openings
“Hearts”
A transfer bid of 2© or 3© over 1or 2NT Openings
“Spades”
Opening bid of 2 of a suit
“Weak” or “strong”
If strong “Forcing” or “Non forcing”
Acol 2§ and Acol Benji 2§,2¨ are artificial bids and must be alerted
