[blml] Be prepared!

[Frances.Hinden at Shell.com]

>Richard Hills: 

>Imps 
>Dlr: West 
>Vul: Nil 

>The bidding has gone: 
>WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 
>3D       3S           5D       5S 
>Pass      ? 

>You, North, hold: 

>AJ752 
>A 
>A32 
>KT72 

>Do you agree with the previous 3S overcall? 

Yes

>What call do you make now? 

Pass. 
I don't understand those who say "pass is not a LA". It would not occur to me to bid on.

Pre-empting what may not be the point of the hand at all, I don't think a slow 5S suggests any particular call.
I've already said all this twice already: once when I chaired the appeal, and once when I subsequently commentated on it. It's reassuring to me that I haven't changed my mind!


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