[blml] 1NT-P..correct 1C-1S ..

[Alain Gottcheiner]

At 10:47 14/11/2006 +0100, Herman De Wael wrote:

> > (Martin) If South mispulled, then he replaces 1NT by 1C and players 
> continue as
> > if nothing happened (but Wests initial pass is UI to NS).
>
>Martin gives a correct analysis of the ruling that needs to be given.
>He is wrong about the customary talk however.
>The OS have fulfilled, IMO, their obligation of calling the TD. It is
>not up to them to question the right of the playing CTD to rule at his
>own table. If his ruling had been correct, nothing further would be
>heard from this. No customary talk needed.

Perhaps, Herman, you will call me unhelpful, but I'm strongly, in this 
case, in favor of ruling "mispull".

A player who made a wrong bid will not be eager to correct it (and be 
liable to L25B restrictions) if it is only a very slight misdecription, as 
it happens to be here (only 1 HCP short and pattern is OK - we've all made 
it on purpose umpteen times). A very short thought about it will tell him 
it's right to shut up (and pretend thereafter his ten of plums prompted him 
to reevaluate).
Therefore, I rule that the correction was made "without pause for 
thinking", hence allowed without further need to rule, except for UI that 
LHO hadn't an obvious overcall of 1NT.

If we ruled "misbid", I'd be on Herman's side, but it seems offroads in 
this case.

Best regards,

    Alain