[blml] Any redress or rub of the green [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Herman De Wael]

gesta at tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
> [also grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk]
> *****************************************
> "Truth often suffers more by the 
> heat of its defenders than from the 
> arguments of its opposers."
>                  ~ William Penn.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Herman De Wael" <hermandw at skynet.be>
> To: "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 7:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [blml] Any redress or rub of 
>                    the green [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]
> 
> 
>>> +=+ If the slave  
>>> has allowed The Master to put on his CC a statement
>>> that they are playing the Hoffmeister 1NT, and the slave 
>>> has presented that CC to his opponent, then he has 
>>> committed himself to that partnership agreement. No 
>>> matter that he is ignorant of what it is; his ignorance of 
>>> the convention provides him with no relief. He is liable
>>> for the consequences of his ignorance.
>> And if he subsequently forgets the convention, and 
>> misuses it, and the master "correctly" explains, you find 
>> this a misbid? I don't!
>>
> +=+ Cries of "convention disruption"!
>         But really, Herman, I am a very old man and you must 
> explain to me patiently why Law 75, footnote example 2, 
> does not apply here.
>                                     ~ Grattan ~   +=+

This is not really my argument, but Richard's.

Basically Richard says that if a Master makes a convention card, but 
the Slave forgets to read it, then there is not agreement, despite 
what the CC says. The TD should look at all the evidence and the CC is 
only one of those. But I refer to Richard for the full explanation. I 
do agree with him, though.

-- 
Herman DE WAEL
Antwerpen Belgium
http://www.hdw.be