[blml] Splinter of the Mind's Eye [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Alain Gottcheiner]

At 10:12 21/02/2007 +1100, richard.hills at immi.gov.au wrote:


>This difference affects the actual Appeals Committee's decision to
>award North-South 20% of a vul-against-not sacrifice at the six
>level.  The 20% benefit to the non-offending side is reasonable if
>the De Kooijman School is correct.  But if the De Endicott School is
>correct, so that North-South have no entitlement to know that West
>has misbid their promised spade stopper, then North choosing to save
>in 6S when West holds QJx in spades is not a logical alternative.

BTA this doesn't take into account the fact that South might have acted 
differently, if told 3S was a splinter. This comes before the 3NT bid. Who 
knows what the contract would have been, had South jumped on the occasion 
and bid 4S ?

Best regards

   Alain