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Maybe they should learn about SOS redoubles while they are wondering whether the double could have some strength and whether it's forcing partner to bid again - both being questions they could have asked.
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72C is applicable here, too, though. While it's not an offence, per se, to give UI to partner, it is an irregularity to give partner information by extraneous remarks or gestures. The player could be expected to realise that such an irregularity …
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Thank you, Robin, 72C is a good one to keep in mind,
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I'd certainly give his partner a warning for giving UI by his reaction. I might then insist that he respond as he would to an opening 2C bid, presumably with 2D. Obviously, partner then takes that as a 2D response to Landy and replies appropriate…
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In this situation, I always take the opportunity to point out to the player that it would have been in their best interest to call the TD before trying to correct it themselves when something goes awry.
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Good point.
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From what you describe, the declaring side still had their cards in place on the table, which should help a lot with recreating the play, as Barrie describes. As Gordon suggests, if they can't agree on the play then it's a revoke for no better re…
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Well, you can't volunteer information about your own bids during an auction and defenders can't correct until the end of the hand. If MI has already been given by partner then you're stuck with it until either the clarification period or the end …
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Surely, with such a treatment, the 2C bid should be alerted and described as "either Stayman or a weak takeout to a minor", rather than simply announced as Stayman.
On second thoughts, and re-reading Frances's comments above, it is still …
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Presumably, for there to have been a description of 2D, someone did ask and was duly informed that it was a Benji-2D bid. I'd hold him blameless in this, rather than suggesting that he assume the opponents are fibbing about their agreements and t…
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With a weak hand and huge support for partner's suit, making some vacillating bid can be your only option. You're always going to game but there might be more if partner has a big hand. Forcing continuations after partner also changes suit or, wo…
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Delayed game raises have been common practice for decades.
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You might get a similar situation playing 5-card majors and a forcing 1NT of 1S-1NT-2C
Again, the 2C bid could be on three cards and needn't be alerted, since it's deemed to be natural with 3+ cards in the suit.
Another fairly com…
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They say that they forgot to alert, I say that they gave misinformation, which caused us to misinterpret our own bids.
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If you're lucky, unless you are considering a PP to go with blatant misuse of UI, the incident can often be quickly resolved with "Were the non-offenders damaged?".
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Thanks, Vix. It turned out well for them for all the reasons I expected. I think East bid well.
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Regarding point 2, dummy can strive to prevent an irregularity by declarer. The irregularity hasn't been committed until declarer plays a card to the subsequent trick, so dummy can speak up until he does so.
Interesting point as to the "p…
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Agreed, unless partner realises that the 3D bid might have been adjusted downwards, simply to make a call that might be viewed as comparable. If he can do that then the hands which can now call 3D are no longer a simple subset of hands…
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Depending on the experience of the players, there might be no UI issues here at all. One player opens 2C, weak, and expects his partner to say "weak", since, after all, he's been doing that with the other weak-two bids so far. This time, however,…
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I'd suspect that we're discussing a beginners' or No Fear session here and that their agreements extend no further than that they play what they've been taught and are able to remember, regardless of whether they claim to play Acol. I've seen Aco…
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Declining to double the final contract might not have been a poor choice, since 5D might well be making or going off fewer tricks.
As for bidding 3H, rather than 4H, he has shortage in the suit to his right and length in the suit to his l…
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Surely everyone else is in 3NT, giving this pair close to a bottom, so ... no damage and you now need only think about whether a penalty is appropriate.
Then again, some might be going off in 6.
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There's a small pager for the TD to have with him. There's also a transmitter which plugs into the USB port of the computer and then one of the buttons on the Bridgemate becomes "Call TD". If that is pressed then a signal arrives at the pager, th…
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There are TD-pagers available but they are triggered from the Bridgemate, rather than a large, convenient button within easy reach of all.
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Peter, you missed out the rather important words, "From a purely Bridge perspective". Of course, I sympathise with them for the situation they found themselves in but they do need to learn to call for the TD (and get his/her attention)…
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Thanks, @weejonnie; that seems to do the trick. From a purely Bridge perspective, I have little to no sympathy for the NOS, simply because they didn't call the director. Mayb…
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There's little question that there's a PP due but can the director give an assigned score by way of rectifying an irregularity if the behaviour has given the offending side a good score? If 4C-1 gives a top then they might still be in profit afte…
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Note that if the defenders agree to play on at declarer's request, they may still dispute the result and ask for the director's adjudication after the hand is played out. Only if the non-claiming side requests play to continue will the result fro…
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It's just another faulty claim and defenders get two tricks unless the TD sees how they can reasonably get more. Bear in mind that declarer thinks his own hand is now irrelevant, since "Dummy is good", until proven otherwise.
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Note Law 12B2 - "The Director may not award an adjusted score on the grounds that the rectification provided in these Laws is either unduly severe or advantageous to either side."