[blml] alertability

[Ed Reppert]

On Dec 21, 2006, at 5:06 PM, Eric Landau wrote:

> When the opponents cue bid on the eighth round of a complex
> auction, it is a lot easier on both sides if you can ask whether the
> bidder must have first-round control in lieu of the legally mandated
> request for an explanation of the entire auction.

Besides, if you ask for an explanation of the entire auction you  
will, 99% of the time, get blank looks, incredulity, and probably a  
director call. What you will *not* get, even after they call the TD,  
is an explanation of the entire auction. :-(