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  • No, it's not alertable, because it is not unexpected (actually it is arguable that if a pair play penalty doubles of overcalls that is so unexpected that a pass should be alerted, but I wouldn't rule on that basis)

    Pass doesn't show a wea…

  • "On RealBridge the player making the bid cannot see the alert (made by their partner)."

    I assume this is true because you have written it here. But when I played on the (beta) version of RB, you could see whether or not partner had alert…

  • " I had never heard the word "subset" before!"

    If you don't find it helpful to use it, don't. It's only one way of explaining the law.

    Many bridge players (and directors) have a mathematical/engineering or similar background and …

  • Just too late to edit the above.... I meant to say at the end of Scenario 1

    A 2S intermediate jump overcall IS a subset of a 1S Opening

  • I wouldn't use the word "subset" to players unless you know they are of a mathematical/logical bent.

    In a bridge context I think a good way to explain is "you can make any call as long as partner hasn't learned anything only because of th…

  • I like 12A 1 though I think Gordon doesn't particularly like using it (partly because it can seem totally arbitrary)

    LAW 12 - DIRECTOR’S DISCRETIONARY POWERS
    A. Power to Award an Adjusted Score
    1. The Director may award an adj…

    in 7NTxx-13 Comment by Frances August 2020
  • Yes, we have ruled based on MI even when South's explanation matches their hand, but it doesn't match their agreement. It's rare, because usually when the opponents are having a mix-up (in particular, passing a forcing bid) it's not in their int…

  • I expect
    2C majors, not 4-5 (and not super strong)
    2D one major
    2M that major (5+) together with a minor

  • If the opponents want to know, you are of course obliged to tell them
    If you are playing online on BBO, I would start by typing into the alert box "D or various 2-suiters"
    If they ask for more detail, then send it by private message (…

  • "For what it's worth, I think the correct solution is "alert any bid that could be canapé, except in the case where it shows a major but could conceal a 6+ card minor if the major is at least 5 cards long". I think any other set of suit lengths w…

  • The regulation is indeed very vague, and I've deliberately not tried to 'fix' it in the past.
    The problem is that whether two systems are 'different' isn't really a function of the basic things written on the card, it's a matter of how much…

  • Are they actually club games, or EBU games?
    (the only club games I've played on BBO have been directed by an EBU director, but that director is also a member of the club concerned anyway)

  • There's an approach, more popular in America, but known here, which likes to open 1D on a 1345 and rebid 2C.
    Do you think that should be alerted? The 1D opening is otherwise 'normal'.

  • "however, the examples in 4H2 are intended to help players interpret what "potentially unexpected" means, and thus presumably the qualifiers on 4H2b are intended to explicitly make some bids unalertable."

    No.

    I don't think 4H2b is…

  • if one defender claims the other defender gets no say in the matter (unlike f2f bridge and unlike what the laws say)

    in general claims are much more relaxed online, partly because you can't see who has rejected the claim (so you don't kno…

  • As Robin says, basically you either have to live with the fact that you might misclick, or live with having to both select, and then confirm, every card you play and every bid you make.

    I use the hand diagram and to be honest I've never m…

  • I agree with this, although I would have thought it more likely that the passer of 1H wanted to undo than the 1H bidder.

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    It's not "no signals" , it's information that is useful to partner and also information that is extremely useful to declarer, and you should explicitly explain (put on the card) that's what you play.

    As a particularly simple ex…

    in No Signals Comment by Frances March 2020
  • ps I agree that when 4th hand has a 1-count he will be expecting the double to be passed. But if you are told a call means 'bid again' and it doesn't, it means 'pass if we've got them nailed' I think it's a bit cruel.

    To put it another w…

  • I don't know, I've never played this method and don't know how they are playing it.

    I observe that a normal take-out double of a suit bid at the 1-level is passed pretty rarely

    Some people play that double of an opening 1NT bid sh…

  • To be honest, I really hate the description as "bid again, I have support for the other 3 suits" if opener is not going to bid again. It seems entirely possible to me to play the double as a 4054 0-count inviting partner to compete.

  • The description is a bit unclear.
    As already explained above, If it's intended as a take-out bid i.e. a 3-suiter (4450) then it's allowed; if it must have 5 controls if it's a 15-count then it's a allowed.

  • There's no mention of what 2D meant. I can't see why Law 27 doesn't allow it to stand without penalty IF it shows 4- card heart support (4-card Drury).

  • It's a good challenge for the TD to decide whether he believes "I don't remember how the play went" or not.

    We had a case where we believed we had made 12 tricks; the opposing side entered 11 tricks made into the Bridgemate but we didn't …

  • System cards should show the agreed range, if there is one.
    The EBL have become very picky recently requiring HCP ranges for all pre-empts to be shown on the card.

    in Weak Comment by Frances February 2020
  • I think if you assume "declarer" is a typo for "dealer" it makes sense

  • I would not look kindly on a declarer who was told (correctly) his claim was invalid and then suggested to the defence that they allow him to play on.

    The playing on Law is there to make the following scenario legal:
    Declarer: "I've…

  • If you watch an expert's hands carefully (which you shouldn't), then between the end of the auction and putting dummy down you will see a fair amount of resorting going on.

  • I once went off in a grand slam by mis-counting dummy.
    To make it worse, my partner then got it written up in the New York Times (it was a great play hand, if only I had the number of cards in dummy correct).

    The generous hospitalit…

  • "international events".
    Does that include the English Open Trials?