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This is from an ACBL club game where 2NT is not alertable and it does show the minors.
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Thanks for the information.
This is one of the reasons for my previous side comment about wanting rulings to be the same no matter what continent you are playing on.
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If part of the claim is running a long suit which declarer thinks is good but is not, is he allowed to change plans to the only other possible like of play that has any chance of success?
Does it matter if the card in the long suit that n…
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Mirna, I am impressed. 32 (openable) boards normally takes me 7 to 8 minutes if no misfeeds occur. I have dealt boards a few times manually to non-openable boards and although I got quicker towards the end, I could never have done it in faster …
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New hypothetical situation. Two trumps left in play, one in declarer's hand and a higher one in a defender's hand that declarer forgot about. He claims all the remaining tricks with no claim statement with two side suits locked up and void in b…
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I'll give you a parallel example from football. Ball goes out of play over the touchline and a player is about to complete a throw-in, but then throws it underhand to a teammate so he can make the throw-in. Do you think the referee is going to…
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One thing to consider is not necessarily the club length itself when it "could be short", but you know the player won't be holding more diamonds than clubs after a withdrawn 1C opening, information that his partner is not allowed to have. In the…
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Playing 5-card majors, playing a new suit as non-forcing I would expect to be EXTREMELY unusual.
Note this is different than 1C-1H-2H-3C. For partnerships that frequently raise as opener with three trumps, there is what I expect to be a …
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In the ACBL, negative inferences are typically not alerted. A common example would be
1D-Pass-1H-1S
?If playing support doubles, Double (3-card heart support) is alertable and any direct heart raise (4 or more hearts) is n…
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In addition to Law 45F ("After dummy’s hand is faced, dummy may not touch or indicate any card (except for purpose of arrangement) without instruction from declarer."), we have the following:
Law 45C3: "A card in the dummy is played if i…
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If you have two board sets, a 9x3 Web Mitchell works very well. Tables 1 through 9 play as if playing a standard 9-table Mitchell with the first board set. Tables 10 and 11 use the second board set, with Table 11 playing them in reve…
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In EBU, is it true if the bid is pulled from the box, the bid was made?
If so, the bid stands, LHO may accept it, and if not comparable calls come into play later.
However, if it is ruled the bid was not officially made, then LHO …
I will be extremely surprised if the WBFLC gives examples or direct statements saying an offender after a call out of rotation would ever be required to make his next call not knowing if his partner will be required to pass on the next round.
…(Quote)Examples in videos from ACBL, plus other information I have seen from individuals tied in some way to the WBFLC, shows that the UI law prevents offender's partner (dealer) from any "funny business" to make it easier for offender to mak…
I agree North's 2H bid meaning "I have to bid this" is not comparable (opener knows his hand is less than an opening bid, information he is not supposed to hold).
But the Director should have taken North away from the table at North's (le…
On this ruling, it doesn't matter if you speak to offender about what was intended or not. Bidding diamonds naturally or bidding diamonds to ask partner to pick his best major are both attributable. Although I dislike this "attributable" word a…
Assume 4NT over 4H is not a natural notrump bid, normally showing the minors. So Law 21B1(a), cheapest bid showing same denomination(s), does not apply to be able to keep offender's partner from passing for the rest of the auction.
There…
There are several examples connected to the comparable call law which need the law commissions to publish approved examples to help Directors what is "similar enough" to be allowed to be considered "comparable".
Additionally, in connectio…