[blml] Can you create your own UI?

[gesta at tiscali.co.uk]

Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
[also grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Reppert" <ereppert at rochester.rr.com>
To: "Bridge Laws Mailing List" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:21 AM
Subject: [blml] Can you create your own UI?


>A question was raised on the BBO forums. Here's the scenario: You're  
> dealer. The auction goes 1S-(P)-P-(2C)-....P-(P)-2D-(3C).
> 
> You hesitated before passing in round 2. You know your partner is an  
> ethical player, so you can expect his 2D bid to be clear cut. Is this  
> information UI to you? (A poll in the BBO thread was split 50=50).  
> Reference was made to Law 73D1, in particular the last clause  
> "inferences from such variation may apporopriately be drawn only be  
> an opponent, and at his own risk," with the claim that this "clearly"  
> shows that you *are* constrained by UI here. It ain't clear to me. :-)
> 
> One further question: if you *are* constrained by UI, where does it  
> stop? Will partner be further constrained if you bid? Will it ever be  
> possible to arrive at a reasonable contract? 
> 
+=+ This is a question that has lodged in my mind for over twenty
years. It happened that the bidding went 
               1S - p - 2S - 3C
                p*  - p - 3S -  p 
               4S     all pass.   Ten tricks.   
(* ages )   The Director was not called. Perhaps he should have 
been.
                                        ~ Grattan ~   +=+