[blml] Borderline rulings [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Tim West-Meads]

The actual question is "Did defenders have sufficient implicit 
understanding regarding this sequence that the X of 4C should have been 
alerted?".  The evidence from the bidding/play is not clear.  Personally 
I'd be interested in the credits of book in question.  Something along 
the lines of "A special thank-you to my wife for her help..." would 
probably tip me over the edge.

Of course I don't know what was said when defenders were asked what 
their agreement was re the X.  A fully affirmative answer (e.g. it is 
sacrifice-suggesting) gives different options to "we haven't ever 
discussed it".  [ie had they answered definitively I might be facing a 
choice of either "result stands" or "expulsion". as opposed to simply 
adjusting for a careless non-alert]

Tim