[blml] By the pricking of my thumbs [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Tim West-Meads]

Ed wrote:

> For example, a player bids one 1H, says "oops, I didn't mean to make  
> that call", TD is called rules that 25A applies, player changes his  

Why was the TD called if the inadvertent bid was not an irregularity?

> call to 1S. To "infer" that the player has hearts is ludicrous, 

Agreed.  But what of any inferences from the LHO's *reaction* to the 1H, 
or a bid made by LHO prior to correction?

What of the requirement to make bids in the proper form (1H I mean 1S is 
NOT proper form)?

In the vast majority of L25a cases there is no UI, no penalty, and no 
problem - but they are still irregularities of procedure.

Tim