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

[Ed Reppert]

On Mar 9, 2007, at 7:36 AM, Tim West-Meads wrote:

> 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?

Who said it wasn't 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?

Whose LHO?

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

"1H I mean 1S" is not what I posited the player said. He said "1H",  
which IS proper form. Then he said "Oops, I didn't mean to make that  
call."

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

Okay, so what's your point?