[blml] "normal practice" [was: 3NT or 4S]

[Ed Reppert]

On Apr 16, 2007, at 4:48 AM, Harald Skjæran wrote:

> The normal practise when a final bid has been
> passed out at one side of the screen is for those two players to
> remove all their bidding cards from the tray before passing it over to
> the other side.

Sorry, but if this is normal practice, it shouldn't be. Who says the  
bid is "final"? There have been at most two passes. To me, picking up  
your bidding cards at this point is as annoying as the similar  
"normal practice" without screens, where at least some of the players  
*assume* the auction is over and pick up their cards before there  
have been three passes.