[blml] When too late

[Robert Geller]

gesta at tiscali.co.uk writes:
>+=+ I can quote an opinion expressed by the WBF CTD whose
>experience is considerable. He says "if the Director is summoned 
>at once all he does is to note the reason for the call and tell the 
>players to finish the hand.  It makes good sense for him not to be 
>called until the end of the play."    (Only if the alleged creation of 
>UI is challenged is there then a  reason to spend a moment in 
>assessing the facts.) 

If there's a hesitation the fact to be immediately established is
the break in tempo (BIT), which may or not be UI (in some cases 
this can only be evaluated later after ascertaining the opponents
bidding system).   

If one simply turns to the opponents immediately after the BIT and
asks them to confirm the BIT, I've never had them deny it, and 
establishing this agreement immediately after the BIT precludes the
memory degredation problems mentioned by Sven.   

Perhaps the procedure of immediately establishing the BIT without a
director call (unless there is disagreement between the two sides over
whether or not there was a BIT) could be specifically mentioned in
laws or regulations.  

-Bob
                            


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Robert (Bob) Geller,     Tokyo, Japan        geller at nifty.com