[blml] By the pricking of my thumbs

[Ed Reppert]

On Mar 14, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Tim West-Meads wrote:

> Eric wrote:
>
>> Question:  What happens if the opponents react inappropriately to the
>> initial call, such as by showing obvious surprise?  Is this
>> "information arising from [the original OS's] withdrawn action" (UI,
>> L16C2) or information "arising" from the opponents action (usuable at
>> the original OSs "own risk", L73D1)?
>
> I allow the "obvious surprise" to be used as a wake-up to the  
> player who
> has made the inadvertent bid (and thus initiate his L25a change).
> Thereafter I rule it UI to the OS, AI to the NOS.
>
> OK, the opponent shouldn't be reacting inappropriately but he wouldn't
> have been put in that position if the original offender had taken more
> care to bid as intended.  If one is looking at HAKQJTxx after 1D-(4H)-
> it's damn hard not to seem surprised (before the correction to 4S).

I disagree. That a thing is hard to do doesn't absolve one of the  
requirement to do it.