[blml] An opening lead problem

[Grattan Endicott]

from Grattan Endicott
grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk
[also gesta at tiscali.co.uk]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Burrows" <wjburrows at gmail.com>
To: "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 3:24 AM
Subject: [blml] An opening lead problem


> 
> What evidence do you require from the declaring 
> side to support their agreements when there is a 
> different explanation on each side of the screen.  In 
> particular at the end of the hand declarer said that 
> 4NT was RKCB but later changed is mind stating 
> that it was waiting.  They had no documentation to 
> back up either agreement.
> 
+=+ First, behind screens, I would only consider 
whether the player on lead had correct information 
as to the partnership agreement. If I could not 
establish to my satisfaction what the partnership 
agreement was, or if it appeared to me that possibly 
there was no true partnership agreement, I would 
make a Law 85B ruling in favour of the defending 
side. 
                                 ~  Grattan ~   +=+