[blml] What is Pass?

[Adam Beneschan]

David Grabiner wrote:
 
> Adam Beneschan writes:
> 
> > The way you've worded this, this means that after 1C-P-P, opener's
> > LHO, holding KJT8753 of clubs, can prevent his partner from doing
> > something embarrassing such as bidding a new suit or notrump, by
> > leading and hoping dummy is taken in and doesn't notice that there was
> > no final pass.  Are you sure this is what you want?  Or is there
> > something implied that I've missed?
> 
> He can do that anyway under the current Laws.  If he leads prematurely, his 
> partner must pass, and now his premature lead is a penalty card and becomes 
> the actual lead.  (Of course, he could have known that this enforced pass 
> would work to his advantage, and the TD will adjust.)

OK, I missed that---but Herman's proposal still wouldn't work in the
same way without some modification, since there would be no "enforced
pass" involved in the situation I've described using Herman's rules,
and L23 would thus not apply (read the text of L23 carefully).

Mind you, I'm not trying to figure out a way to tweak the wording to
make sure it covers all cases.  I think the whole idea is a poor one,
because it means a player in the passout seat who is thinking about
what to do can have his right to make a call taken away from him.

                                -- Adam