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

[Sven Pran]

> On Behalf Of Alain Gottcheiner
............
> 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.

The ruling of "misbid" or "mispull" is a matter of judgement which must be
based on the impressions the Director receives from the players (and
possibly spectators) at the table on what really happened, body language and
so on.

>From the given description I get the impression that South had originally
counted his HCP to 15 and then suddenly discovered that he had in fact made
a "miscount" (or he could also have thought for a moment that their 1NT
opening range included 14HCP). On realizing his error he then wanted to
change his opening bid accordingly. This assumption seems corroborated by
the players.

Consequently I would rule "change of mind", and as others have already
correctly stated the changed bid (1C) then was an OBOOT which was condoned
by his LHO. Therefore my ruling would have been that the table result
stands. (The 40% limitation does of course not apply!)

The curious fact is that if we should instead rule "mispull" then we would
still end up with exactly the same result: The table result stands!

Regards Sven