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The laws can not and do not guarantee there will be a comparable call in all cases of an insufficient bid. As a bridge problem, West could bid their long suit or bid NT if balanced, East will always be silenced.
Anyone at the table can po…
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After the first revoke, declarer is a position to take the rest except for a diamond (by drawing trumps, club finesse and throwing a diamond). So although there is no automatic penalty for the second revoke, there is an adjustment because equity…
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Regardless of where I wrote this, it is now Blue Book 4H2 (h).
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I have written somewhere (in English Bridge?) that 2C non-promissory Stayman is announced as "Stayman" but a 2NT/3NT rebid by responder which does not show a 4-card major is alertable.
In think the expected/unalerted meaning of…
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Closed. Discussion continues in https://forums.ebu.co.uk/discussion/1196/no-names-on-bridgemates
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Things to look for are
- Player Names: Player Database: Download EBU Database
- Set BCS Options: Bridgemate II: Name Source: Player & EBU Names Tables
- Player Names: Player Database: Player Management: Disable Using …
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If a pair of robots are added to avoid a half-table then yes the robots are standby players.
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2S as 5+ cards and 3-6 HCP is announced as "weak". This announcement can be extended.
EBU Blue Book announcements are intended to be a extended form of alerts not a complete explanation. Like alerts, announcements are intended to sugges…
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See White Book for 'without standing' and WB 2.4.9. Results against such players are retained, even if the pair do not appear in the overall ranking list. In EBUScore, pairs can be marked as missing, and will be ranked last in the XML.
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The laws do not guarantee that there is a replacement which does not silence partner.
Assuming some 5332 hand (with 5 diamonds and a club stop) open the 5-card suit but could overcall 1NT, the 1NT replacement is not a subset of…
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For example, a naive movement for a barometer howell is to have 1..N start EW at tables 1..N and pairs N+1 .. 2N sit NS at tables N down to 1. Pair 2N are stationary and pairs 1..2N-1 move in a loop. Over 2N-1 round every pair meets…
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There must be a compromise between fair movements and various other factors: easy to operate, not to confusing for the players, some players not wanting/able to move, short rounds, ...
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If both opponents understand that they will open 1NT with most 11HCP hands in some positions and vulnerabilities, but 1NT is not announced as 11-14 HCP in those positions and vulnerabilities, then this is misinformation. If your side was damage…
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There are two questions in this thread. This is my take on the questions and answers.
East has a penalty card. West is on lead. South requires the lead of the suit of penalty card. East picks up the penalty card. West cannot comply wi…
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Did that work?
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Previous post edited to remove a comment which others objected to as unnecessarily rude.
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It is legal to agree 4 - what do you bid with various balanced hands which can't raise 1M opening? - and 4 cards is not alertable.
Any agreement is legal for responses (at EBU Level 4).
Responding 2C on 3=4=3=3 is natural, and the…
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Moderator notice
This forum aims to provide guidance for TDs to deal with practical problems they encounter (in clubs): through questions, and discussions, and hopefully answers.
It is all too easy to get into leg…
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Enough.
Players use the term 'illegal bid' when the TD will be ruling under law 40 on permitted agreements and (concealed) .partnership understandings. It is not important to the TD whether 'illegal bid' means anything in law.
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The EBU Bridgemate protocol in the White Book (1.6.7)
(Quote)If this can be deemed to apply then even if the ruling is that NS were correct, there could be a procedural penalty. But I think the failure of NS to follow this procedure c…
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I think the original problem is effectively covered by White Book 8.50.3 Law 50D: Penalty cards for both defenders
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Opponents should be reminded that bids are not "illegal" (if in turn and sufficient, etc.), it is understandings/agreements that are "illegal" (not permitted). Pysches/deviations/misbids are not illegal.
if the opponents think…
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This is not a definition and elsewhere in the WB the L&E 'did not wish to give any guidance' (except ...).
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If the director can determine which trick was defective, Law 67B1 applies (assuming trick 13 was not defective). North has no choice about which card to contribute to the defective trick, the ownership of the defective trick will not change, and…
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"15-17 balanced" is a legal agreement :)
An agreement to open 1NT which includes 15-17 balanced and 5440 is not a legal agreement.Ask the opener what he intended. If they thought this hand was part of their agreement then more inv…
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Barrie
This is a known glitch. The names for NS in the second half of the triple are always the same, because the movement works by giving that pair a number of 999 (in the BridgeMates), it has to be a different number because the pair n…
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Off topic
(Quote)Playing 1C that could be 2 (or fewer), it is necessary to respond on many hand which would pass playing Acol. There are some rare shapes that will have to bid their 'better major' which will be 3 card heart suit.
An error in making up the boards - or other mismatch between the hands and file uploaded to BCS?