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

[John Probst]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sven Pran" <svenpran at online.no>
To: "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] By the pricking of my thumbs [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]


>> On Behalf Of Tim West-Meads
> .............
>> Dealer (North) opens 1D.  East overcalls 1H.  North then says "That's
>> insufficient - I opened 1S..oh my!.. I meant 1S".  The TD is called and
>> establishes that the 1D was inadvertent and allows a correction to 1S.
>>
>> If we say an inadvertent bid is NOT an irregularity then 1H is now an IB
>> and East is OS.  The info from the 1H bid is AI to NS and UI to W, EW
>> will face penalties if 1H is not corrected to 2H.
>>
>> If we say that an inadvertent bid IS an irregularity the 1H may be
>> withdrawn but the information is now AI to EW and UI to NS.
>>
>> The situation is similar if East reaches into the bidding box to make an
>> overcall and, at that point, North notices and corrects - East now
>> passes 1S.
>>
>> At no point has East done anything wrong - he is acting in tempo over
>> the apparent call.  To me it seems insane that anybody suggests that
>> East be treated as OS (or that NS should have as AI the fact that East
>> was prepared to overcall 1D but not 1S).  We *need* an inadvertent bid to
>> be an irregularity in order to be fair to the opponents.
>
> Tim has obviously found a glitch in the laws here. East can never be an
> offender in this scenario but L25A does not explicitly say so. (Curiously
> L25B is OK in this respect!)

Oh for heaven's sake!  25a Isn't relevant in that sense. How do we play 
bridge?  John


>
> I trust that no Director has ever ruled or would ever rule against an East
> in such a situation, and let us just hope that WBFLC is aware of this 
> glitch
> so that it is fixed with the coming law revisions.
>
> Regards Sven
>
>
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