[blml] By the pricking of my thumbs

[Roger Pewick]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sven Pran" <svenpran at online.no>
To: "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] By the pricking of my thumbs


>> On Behalf Of Roger Pewick
>> >...............
>> > > Read the law ...
>> >
>> >Indeed.
>> >Law 25A:
>> >Until his partner makes a call, a player may substitute his intended 
>> >call
>> >for an inadvertent call but only if he does so, or attempts to do so,
>> >without pause for thought.
> ..................
>> Conversely L25A provides that in order for there to be an expectation of
>> no
>> penalty when a player corrects his call- the player must indeed 
>> substitute
>> it.  If the player's election to substitute depends upon finding out
>> whether
>> or not his substitution will be penalized, or his rights,  it is de facto
>> after pause for thought.
>>
>> As such, it is right to presume that if a player hasn't stated his
>> intention
>> to correct his call prior placing his bidding card on the table and then
>> immediately follow through then to do so later there has been pause and
>> such
>> pause has been filled with thought.
>
> Do yourself the favour and explain how your view can be compatible with 
> the
> leading clause in Law 25A: "Until his partner makes a call".
>
> Note that even after LHO has made a subsequent call the time window for
> applying L25A is still open!
>
> Sven

Case 1 [the almost always case] the player makes an inadvertent call where 
he is not impeded from correcting it.

The law specifies that the correction must be made without pause for thought 
from the point in time the call is made.

Case 2 [a very rare occurrence]

At the time the call is being made a distraction outside the partnership's 
control prevents detection that a misspull has occurred.  An example, 
'FIRE!'  where the LHO has called, perhaps quite quickly.  Or also, the 
opponent starts his call before the player has finished his action [or so 
quickly that the player had no opportunity to correct before the opponent 
called].  The opponent's premature reaching for his bidding cards being a 
distraction preventing the noticing of a misspull.

The opportunity to correct an inadvertent call [misspull] without pause for 
thought ends once partner has called- it being a rare occasion that the 
opportunity is still available at the time the LHO begins reaching for his 
bidding cards [due to the condition not being satisfied- without pause for 
thought].

regards
roger pewick