bluejak
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I thought BCL used EBL alerting? I would not alert a transfer completion in an EBL event, and do not in Scotland which claims to use EBL alerting. Certainly they are not alertable in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, RoI or the ACBL, F2F or onli…
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It is an EBU regulation.
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It still depends on the jurisdiction. If it was in an English or Welsh event I would find out why he bid 2C and if he said to show strength then he is playing an illegal agreement and the board is cancelled and he receives ave-, opponents ave+, u…
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It depends on what 2C shows. What is their agreement? Where was this played?
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While you are required to keep your video on during play I have always felt that there may be reasonable reasons why you do not. They may be temporary or permanent. A temporary reason might be if the player has to eat but of course you should not…
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One problem with the sequence 1N - 2H - 2S - 3H being forcing is that a certain level of player never shows 2-suiters via a transfer and “everyone” at that level knows this sequence is a signoff showing 2H was not meant as a transfer. If this pai…
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I do not believe it to be a psyche since presumably their agreement is weak with clubs. Certainly if it is not a psyche it should not be in a psyche book.
Crazy bids are quite common really. The only reason to take a note of a crazy bid i…
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While L71B is quite clear it is a matter of judgement. Directors are always dubious with good reason when declarer points out the winning line later: would he necessarily have seen it if he had played it out? The fact that he sees it later is n…
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Of course Law 40 applies. But the regulations of the EBU apply. The misinformation by South caused no damage therefore Law 40 did not apply.
The failure by East to follow the regulations damaged himself. Self damage does not le…
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My experience of many clubs over many years is that in the friendliest the director often gets called but no-one minds.
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That is interesting because I don’t. I think this will over-complicate matters because I cannot believe it will affect the opponents' bidding. However if they ask questions then I always proffer the information. If they are not interes…
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Whether the EBU can ban this is irrelevant because they won’t. It is just bridge.
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I expect I would not say "club". I am fairly sure I would say "small club".
But whether a play is incontrovertibly not intended is just another judgement decision for the TD.
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This seems a standard Hesitation Blackwood situation: North has shown he is on the brink of bidding 6S so it suggests bidding 6S (at least). So if pass is a logical alternative (LA) then ruling it back to 5S is routine. SK's poll suggests pass is…
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The problem with this is that it conflicts with the alerting rules and leads to over-alerting. In most sequences you know something the opponents may not and are entitled to know. If you go down that path you would get the following na…
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L40B2A1 gives the right to the Regulating Authority to forbid such a change.
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Over the years I have often heard something along the lines of "The double shot is not permitted". There has never been such a law in Bridge. What there have been and still are are laws limiting certain types of double shot, but the standard rese…
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I remember telling the great Jack Marx, co-inventor of the Acol system and the Stayman convention, that I could see into his hand. He replied "Just look, everyone else does".
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I don’t think it is clear whether the law allows this or not. L40 allows inter alia the local authority to allow or forbid changes in agreements based on opponent’s infractions but interestingly enough does not say it when it is partne…
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While you might argue that both sides were at fault when the business of counting cards came in the WBFLC was asked why the recipient was obliged to count his cards but the sender was not. The WBFLC said that the responsibility for having 13 car…
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Sorry, this is beyond me. What do you mean, and what alternative do you suggest?
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I don't really see the problem. Would he have doubled with the correct information? If so then adjust, at least for the other side. Was the failure to double 5D anyway an extremely serious error (ESE) or gambling? Well, it certainly isn’t an ES…
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The correct approach to adjustments is to consider whether the non-offenders might have done better without the infraction. If not, no adjustment.
If so, consider the possible results without the infraction and apply a weighting to them. …
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Certainly. First, I know the general intent of the laws is moving towards equity but that is a matter for the lawmakers not TDs: they apply the law as written.
L47E1 allows the lead to be picked up without penalty.
There is no pen…
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E/W play straight Stayman, it says so in the OP, so let us ignore Puppet. 3N is Unauthorised Panic: if the player has experience give him a 10% PP (20% if a pretty good player).
What would East do over 3S? I think 6N is slightly less obv…
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It is very unlikely that anyone plays 4N over 4H as natural, but possible - see Martin's post. If they do then they can bid 4N without barring partner, if not they bar partner. I would expect in clubs the most common uses for 4N would be, in orde…
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Why are you looking at BB 4B1B?
4H2 Because they are not natural, players must alert (unless excepted by 4B4 above):
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How extremely unfair. Deliberately ruling wrong because you would not like to play it yourself. Disgraceful.
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I am notorious for getting law nos wrong, but I have twice typed a longish answer today and then lost it so I was not prepared to do that with the above reply while I checked the number. I’ve got I got the law number wrong of course. It should re…
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It is very difficult when you have been told something to change your mindset to believe something different which is a deduction from other evidence and it is very difficult to imagine such a case where such an error which is at the height of be…