[blml] When too late [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Todd M. Zimnoch:

[snip]

>The director claimed that by waiting until the end
>of the hand to call her that my partnership was
>attempting a double shot, getting the best of
>either the table result or an adjustment, and that
>I had to call when I noticed the hesitation to get
>a ruling on it.

[snip]

Richard Hills:

Correct 1960s director ruling, incorrect today.
(The director may have made the mistake of reading
a recent Jeff Rubens editorial on what he calls the
"Briar Patch Coup".)

If an opponent bids to slam after Hesitation
Blackwood, under the current interpretation of Law
16 you are entitled to keep your +50 when the slam
fails, and you are also entitled to have your score
adjusted from -980 to -480 when there are twelve
tricks on ice.

A natural consequence of a contestant infracting
Law 16 by choosing a demonstrably suggested logical
alternative from amongst other logical alternatives
is that that contestant is and should be "doubly
shot".  But a contestant who virtuously obeys Law
16 (and Law 73C) after receiving UI from partner is
safe from any adjusted score, so gets only the
"single shot" of the table result.


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, mentor
National Training Branch
(02) 6225 6285

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