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

[Alain Gottcheiner]

At 12:29 14/11/2006 +0100, Sven Pran wrote:

>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.

Granted.


> >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.

But this looks strange. When a player using a strong club system corrects 
1S to 1C, it is quite probable he remembered his system a second too late 
(an example given by Rubens IIRC) ; when a player corrects 1NT to 1C, the 
following are the most obvious possibilities :

1  he remembered he was playing strong NT for once (or saw the vulnerability).
2. he miscounted and pertains to the Walrus gang (for who else would be 
willing to encur penalties for the sake of correcting a marginal 
misdescription).
3. he mispulled.

# 1 can be checked from the player's habits and partners. It isn't said, in 
this case, that it's a possible interpretation, so I discard it.
# 2 is less probable than # 3 IMOBO. So there should be a mild to moderate 
presumption for # 3 over # 2.
Of course the table feel could change that, but I'd rather be pretty 
certain of my interpretation before I do.

Also, remember that some BB's have the 1NT card where other models have the 
1C card.

Best regards

  Alain