[blml] L20F1 [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[David Barton]

> Tim West-Meads:
> 
>>OK, but might I just say that, with a complex
>>auction, I find it one hell of a lot easier to
>>follow if a single opponent does all the
>>explaining rather than having two opps popping
>>in and out like jack-in-a-boxes.
> 
> Richard Hills:
> 
> When I have been declarer, and questions have
> been asked by my LHO preparatory to them
> selecting their opening lead, I have often
> infracted Law 20F1 by explaining both sides of
> my partnership's complex auction.
> 
> Note that the auction period does not conclude
> until the opening lead is faced.
> 
> Oops, strike those two previous paragraphs.  I
> have not infracted Law 20F1, since it does not
> apply to the auction period, but rather to that
> portion of the auction period before the final
> pass.
> 
> Law 20F2 applies to the auction period after
> the final pass, and to the play period.
> 
> Perhaps Edgar Kaplan knew what he was doing
> when he omitted the words "replies should
> normally be given by the partner of a player
> who made a call in question" from Law 20F2.
> 
> :-)
> 
> 

I am having some problems here with the distinction
between L20F1 and L20F2.

(a) Until the opening lead has been faced it is not possible
to determine that the final pass has occured.

(b) The authority to ask about relevent calls available but
not made is contained in L20F1. Surely you cannot claim
that this is not available when considering an opening lead.

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