[blml] adjudication

[Adam Beneschan]

agf wrote:
 
> Hi
> Maybe you can help solve this argument.
> E/W are playing weak 2s with a maximum of 10 points
> The bidding goes                                                         
>                  N     E     S     W
>                                                                          
>                              P      P
>                                                                          
>                   P    2H    P      P
>                                                                          
>                  DBL   P    2NT    3D
>                                                                          
>                   P    3H   DBL    P
>                                                                          
>                   P     P
> 
> It turns out that E held 12 Points.
> 
> The contract makes and S call the director and says that his side has 
> been damaged a he would not have doubled if E had opened a normal 1H, 
> furthermore West, (holding 11 points and 5D)  by bidding 3D had given 
> his partner un authorised information.
> 
> Your comments would be appreciated.

South needs to learn the rules of the game.  There are no rules saying
that (1) East is supposed to bid normally, and N/S may be entitled to
an adjustment if he doesn't; or that (2) West can give East
unauthorized information by bidding.  The Laws explicitly say the
opposite, in both cases.

The only possible case for an adjustment is that N/S were misinformed
as to the actual agreements about East's fourth-seat 2H, if there are
any.  I don't know what jurisdiction this was played in; but in the
ACBL, I'd consider it "general bridge knowledge" that fourth-seat weak
2's aren't really the same as weak twos in other seats, and that in
the fourth-seat case you can't rely on what the convention card says
about the range.  (There's no space on ACBL cards for describing
fourth-seat weak twos.)  Now, if N/S had asked about the weak two and
were told "a maximum of ten points", if this wasn't E/W's actual
agreement, then there might be a case.  However, if the actual
agreement was "maximum 10 points" and East decided to violate the
agreement on his own, there's still no violation of the
rules---another thing South needs to learn.

                                -- Adam