[blml] Hawaii Appeal 4

[Steve Willner]

> From: Linda Trent <ljtrent at adelphia.net>
> West     North     East     South
> 1H       Dbl        2NT (1)  Pass
> 3C       Pass      3H       All Pass
> 
> (1) Explained as a relay to 3C.
[but really showing heart support]

> After consulting several players, the director
> decided that bidding 4H was a less successful
> logical alternative (LA) for East, rather than
> bidding 3H, which was demonstrably suggested by
> the UI.

[the AC:]
> Since East possessed information suggesting
> that West might not have a game invitation, 3H, as
> opposed to 4H, was made more attractive

I don't understand the "demonstrably suggested" or "made more 
attractive."  East has good heart support, but partner is unaware of it. 
  Why doesn't that suggest bidding 4H over 3H?  If those are the only 
two LA's, it seems to me East has chosen the less-suggested one.

As others have written, if 3D is a LA, it seems to be the only legal 
one, all heart and notrump bids being suggested by the UI.  In the ACBL, 
I think 3D probably is a LA; I don't think it would be in most of the 
world.  Of course both judgments depend on the EW bidding agreements, 
which aren't given.