[blml] Illegal convention

[Roger Pewick]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Willner" <willner at cfa.harvard.edu>
To: <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:00 PM
Subject: [blml] Illegal convention


> Anybody know what the ACBL rules are when an illegal convention is used?
>
> Yesterday, we opened 1NT and heard a 2D overcall, which turned out to
> have an illegal meaning.  This was in a team match, and the board had
> not yet been played at the other table.  What should the ruling have
> been? (The TD had us redeal, which was fine with us, but I have no idea
> whether it was technically correct.)

Well, what happened at my table ten years ago went like this

1S-2N*-P-3D*-P-P*-P

*= pronounced hesitation

Dummy showed up with long D&H.  I called the TD after the play since I 
thought the 3D was strange [it turned out to be the maximum call for the 
hand] given declarer's club length AND the hesitations.

The TD found out that 2N promised two long UNKNOWN suits in a GCC event 
[illegal].  He gave all of us [well, I was stuck there with a board still to 
play] the riot act for 8 minutes for using an illegal convention- and left. 
I don't think he said anything about UI.

regards
roger pewick