Jeremy69
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Given that Stayman can(and often is) be non promissory a sequence such as 1NT 2C 2H 2NT showing invitational values without 4S would not be a surprise. It it did go 1NT 2C 2H 2S what sort of hand would responder have if non forcing? With 5 or 6 s…
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The current Blue Book (4E2) says "A Stayman 2 bid is announced in response to a natural 1NT opening or direct 1NT overcall, only where it is used to ask for a four-card major. Unusual replies such as the opener bidding 2NT or higher or 2S showin…
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I suspect that for every player who is woken up by an announcement telling them the range which they had forgotten or that it is natural which tyhey had forgotten there are a lot of players who don't know/do know and/or find it hard to get out of…
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"How is that any differnt to being F2F at a table?"
F2F there are a lot of others around to dissuade inappropriate comment. At home with two in the room there is nothing to rein such coments in.
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It's very unsatisfactory to do so. Clearly a risk of a player making a comment, perhaps out of frustration, that his partner has not found the "obvious" switch
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Your first thought might be that partner forgot to alert but the TD might think that there was no alert because partner had forgotten the method and when these things are nt cmpletely clear ruling in favour of the non-offending side is common (an…
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"Provided he didn't observe any grimace or other inadvertent unauthorised information from East. " The most compelling bit of UI is that 2C was not alerted so West knows that 2C has not been taken for the Majors
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If both members of a partnership think this is the best shot then a. the opponents are entitled to know so an alert should be made as they have an agreement and b. they should increase their dose of medicine 😲
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Wasn't most of the "damage", if any, caused by East not bidding spades either a. over 2NT or b. in the pass out seat after 3H? If I were the TD I don't think I would be offering any adjustment.
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Not sure I understand Gordon's comment about giving effect to Law 25A. I was a victim of this in the Tollemache Qualifier when RHO passed as did I and his partner and only when my partner 4th in hand was considering her call did the opener call f…
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I think 4D2 of the latest Blue book covers this and it changed recently. If the 1NT response is up to a bad 12 you announce "up to x points". If it is forcing you announce "forcing"
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It might be relevant to the size of the PP but my point was this is so gross that a penalty ought to be imposed.
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Does North need to understand? Better if he does, I guess, but ignorance is no defence
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If you don't give North a procedural penalty for raising to game with a doubleton spade and a minimum then when will you do so? To hear the explanation of why 4S was bid would be "interesting." I agree that all roads lead to 4S anyway. 5C, if fou…
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High on the list for change in the next version of the laws then
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Although ridiculous it clearly does but, of course, there are some weasel words at the end directing one to 27D where if the offending side is damaged a change can be made by the TD. If the offending side had used the information which came to on…
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I think the commentary is just that i.e. someone's (albeit, in general, knowledgeable) opinion. However there is clearly UI here however some lawmakers view it. Those who suggest not seem to have a most peculiar view of what UI actually is. My ca…
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I don't understand why there is no UI. The insufficient bid gave a different message to the replacement. If the auction had gone 1H (2C) 2NT then assuming 2NT was natural I would raise opposite what I thought was 10-12. If I know it is less beca…
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A claim of this sort was appealed to me some years ago in a Portland Pairs. Declarer won the opening lead in 6NT and at some point in the middle of the play claimed 12 tricks which included 5 spade tricks, available unless they were 4-1 which the…
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I agree it does not meet the requirements to be agreed as strong. I would open 4H rather than 3H. Of course possible to write down a hand where 6C is cold but i prefer to try to make the opponents life difficult and I hope that if they wade in wi…
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Agree about polling and also that North is not in receipt of UI and, yes, a bid of 5C by a passed hand is vanishingly unlikely to be natural unless you are playing a very deep game and probably you are trying to convey you wish to save but are un…
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I believe the 3C bidder had
S 73
H Q10986
D AKQ74
C 2
The 5C bidder had
S A84
H K753
D 2
C J8643 -
"If Pass is not a logical alternative, 5H/6D might be."
Given that the 3C bidder was exactly 5-5 I imagine pass of 5CX would be equal length if you believed 5C could not be a place to play, so is indeed a logical alternative, and one good…
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When South bids 5D he has the UI that partner has forgotten by not alerting 3C. Could partner have trap passed with a shedload of clubs? I assume the quote that partner had a 5D bid anyway means longer diamonds, if not pass to make partner bid or…
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Online matches where there is a toss have led to some ingenuity. One of my opponents last year agreed with me that whichever of England or India scored more runs in the first test of a series would have first choice(can't recall what happened if …
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I agree that there is a problem with the current regulation and few in their right mind would rely on an alert/failure to alert. Asking gives potential UI especially F2F. One past member of the L&E used to start discussions by saying "it is p…
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Chopping and changing is a bit of an overbid. The regulation hasn't changed for quite a few years.
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One reason for announcing 1NT and not 2NT is that the range for 1NT varies much more (10-12,12-14,14-16, 15-17 and others). A 2nd reason is according to what it is you are more likely to come in over it than a 2NT opening.
One benefit of a… -
It is notable that all this occurred because of a jump to 3C showing a two suiter. I've long suspected that there must be an underground wing at Aylesbury to store all the reports of Ghestem and similar two suiter misbids that occur. I was lucky…
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It is often because it may be suggested that a player did something that could be regarded as unethical e.g. bidding after a hesitation or here using UI to bid 5C. The player concerned doesn't get the chance to defend themselves and nothing is ga…