Cyberyeti, on 2023-April-27, 01:43, said:
If you've not discussed your defence, are you sure 2♠ is natural ? I can imagine people having discussed their defences to 5-5 2 suited bids and being unsure if this applies.
Ekren is pretty uncommon here but is played by a few.
To GLithin: pre-alerting is not as common here, there is a section front and top of the convention card which is effectively "unusual stuff you need to know about" and it's in there. If we sit down at a table, we tend to say "Acol, weak and non standard 2 bids" as our 2♠ is particularly unusual.
Ekren is pretty uncommon here but is played by a few.
To GLithin: pre-alerting is not as common here, there is a section front and top of the convention card which is effectively "unusual stuff you need to know about" and it's in there. If we sit down at a table, we tend to say "Acol, weak and non standard 2 bids" as our 2♠ is particularly unusual.
Maybe that is the minimum requirement under the local regulations. Nonetheless I am not sure you get the moral high ground when the opps stumble somewhat when confronted with something highly unusual at the table in a club level game without a proper pre-warning. if you begin each round with "Our 2 level openings are particularly unusual and you might want to spend a couple of minutes discussing your defence before we start" or the like, you will probably get more sympathy. "Non-standard 2 bids" sounds more like Goldilocks 2s than Assumed Fit and complete germ warfare.