[blml] Breaking the Law (was why ask ?)

[Tim West-Meads]

Steve wrote:

> South opens 3H.  West doubles in a loud voice, literally pounding his 
> fist on the table.  All pass.  Double is labelled "cooperative" on 
> the convention card.  Of course most South's play West for the trump 
> stack (which he has), but a naive South plays East for the trumps on 
> the basis that East's pass would have been illegal otherwise.  
> Adjust?  For one side or both?

Well, given some of the hands I pre-empt I might play *both* opps for 
trump stacks :).  If that is unlikely I shall enquire of the TD whether 
I should "protect myself" against West having misled me by the tone of 
the double or against East having made an illegal pass.

Of course as a TD I'll adjust for both sides whichever pathway to 
protection is chosen.

Tim