[blml] Hawaii Appeal 4

[Adam Beneschan]

Harald wrote:

> On 01/03/07, Linda Trent <ljtrent at adelphia.net> wrote:
> > This is getting scary.
> > So, what's up with this?
> 
> Please explain why you think this is scary.
> I fail to see anything extraordinary in this case.
> The TD and AC got this one right IMO.

My first impression was that East barely has a limit raise--11 HCP and
flat as a pancake.  So doing anything more than he already has seems
over-aggressive, so I probably wouldn't have ruled 4H to be a logical
alternative.  But Marv's post convinced me that it's at least
plausible.  The hand does have plenty of intermediates.

Nevertheless, I can understand how someone looking at East's flat
minimum might think that the AC/TD overreached to try to find a way to
punish E-W for their infraction.  But IMHO this one is borderline
between "LA" and "not LA", so I can accept the AC going either way on
this.

                                -- Adam




> -- 
> Kind regards,
> Harald Skjæran
> 
> >
> > APPEAL CASE 4
> > Event: Blue Ribbon Pairs
> > Session: First qualifying session, Nov. 21
> >                           Dick Bruno
> > Board 8                S Q 8 4 3
> > Vul: None              H 2
> > Dlr: West              D K Q 8 4
> >                           C A K 8 5
> > Barie Wall                           Ray Miller
> > S A J 7 2                            S K 9 5
> > H K Q 10 5 4                         H J 9 7 3
> > D 6 2                                D A J 3
> > C J 7                                C Q 10 9
> >                       Peggy Kaplan
> >                       S 10 6
> >                       H A 8 6
> >                       D 10 9 7 5
> >                       C 8 4 3 2
> > West     North     East     South
> > 1H       Dbl        2NT (1)  Pass
> > 3C       Pass      3H       All Pass
> >
> > (1) Explained as a relay to 3C.
> >
> > Facts: The result at the table was 3H by West
> > making three after the opening lead of the CA. EW
> > play 2NT as a limit raise or better in hearts.
> > West confused two auctions and provided a
> > mistaken explanation of 2NT without having been
> > asked. The partnership agreement of the 3C bid is
> > that it is a long-suit game try.
> >
> > Director's Ruling: The director found that
> > there was unauthorized information (UI) arising
> > from the incorrect explanation of the agreement.
> > 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. In accordance with Laws 16 A and 12 C.2,
> > an adjustment was made to 4H by East, down one
> > for a score of E-W minus 50.
> >
> > The Appeal: East said that West opened all 11
> > point hands. 3C suggested 12 to 13 high-card
> > points, since with more, West would have accepted
> > the limit raise. South suggested that East's club
> > fillers made his hand worth a raise to 4H.
> >
> > The Decision: The committee determined that
> > West?s misexplanation constituted UI under Law
> > 16. Since East possessed information suggesting
> > that West might not have a game invitation, 3H, as
> > opposed to 4H, was made more attractive given
> > the form of scoring. So the questions to be
> > answered at this point were whether there was a
> > logical alternative to bidding 3H and whether there
> > were any other calls, such as 3D or 3NT, to
> > consider as LAs. The panel considered a minimum
> > hand like: S Ax H KQ10xx D xx C Kxxx
> > where the game would depend on a club finesse.
> > The panel also noted that changing one of the
> > kings to an ace or adding the  DJ would make 4H
> > an excellent game. Therefore, the committee
> > deemed 4H a LA to 3H.
> >
> > The Committee: Jeff Goldsmith (chair),
> > Darwin Afdahl, Joann Sprung, Peggy Sutherlin
> > and Jim Thurtell.
> >
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