[blml] Bid or not? [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Steve Willner:

[snip]

>As others have written, I'd be surprised if "2" standing
>alone is a complete call.  If that's what the regulations
>say, they need to specify how to determine the denomination.

ABF Bidding Regulations, clauses 3.1 and 7.1:

>>3.1 Players must decide their call before commencing to
>>write or to touch the bidding box. Any vacillation among
>>calls may convey unauthorised information and restrict
>>partner's actions according to Laws 16A and 73C.
>>.....
>>7.1 A call is not made until the player has written the
>>appropriate numeral, if necessary, with the appropriate
>>symbol. Each call should be written in the next vacant box
>>working from left to right of that player's segment of the
>>bidding slip. The symbols are:
>>
>>The numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
>>C for clubs
>>D for diamonds
>>H for hearts
>>S for spades
>>NT for no trumps
>> / for pass
>>Either / or // for the concluding pass of the auction
>>X for double
>>XX for redouble

Richard Hills:

My point is that since the ABF has ruled that "2" is not a
bid, by analogy an ABF Director should rule that a declarer
who says "the Qu" has not called a card from dummy.

Steve Willner:

>In spoken bidding, "Two... no, wait..." is not a call.

Richard Hills:

In the absence of a Spoken Bidding Regulation created by
the sponsoring organisation, Herman De Wael might well
argue that Steve is begging the question, petitio
principii.  Given that Herman argues that a declarer's
request to "play a trump" in a 3NT contract should be
interpreted as "play a diamond", if that was declarer's
original intent, Herman may well argue that "Two... no,
wait..." should be interpreted as a bid of 2D, if that was
the bidder's original intent.


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
Level 6 Aqua Training Suite, DIAC
02 6225 6776

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