[blml] L26 - Lead penalties

[Alain Gottcheiner]

At 14:45 29/11/2006 +0100, Herman De Wael wrote:

>Although the TD should not ask "what do you have in your hand", he
>should try to find out what the reason was for the error.
>It could be :
>- I did not see the 1NT
>- I thought I saw 1C
>- I thought 1D was higher than 1NT   (very funny - wouldn't believe him - AG)
>- I wanted to bid 2D and mispulled
>- I wanted to bid 2D, mispulled, and did not change it when I saw that
>it was 1D

On could add :
- I wanted to bid 2C and mispulled  (the second card on the edge of the 
pack too, but in the wrong direction)
- I wanted to call the TD (orange in color)
And more cases could arise when there were two or more calls before the one 
under question.

The problem is, answering the TD's question will create UI that could have 
been avoided. Answering it away from the table will let the TD create UI by 
giving his ruling.
Perhaps that thing about distinguishing between natural and artificial 
should be amended to :
"when it can't be ascertained what the intention of the player was, treat 
as natural", since no specific UI has been created.

Best regards

   Alain