[blml] Interaction between L27B1 and L10C1 [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Jerry Fusselman]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Eric Landau <ehaa at starpower.net> wrote:
>
> My hypothetical player has simply asked what (if any) penalty he will
> incur by selecting each of his various options.  He has not asked for
> advice as to which one to choose.  I fail to see the analogy.
>
> "If I bid 2S now, will my partner be barred from the auction?"  Do
> you (TD) answer yes or no, or do you read L27 again and wish the
> customer luck working it out for himself?
>

I propose this:  The director should explicitly list the calls (if
any) that can be made without penalty at the table.  He might need to
take the IB-er away from the table to determine this list.

This way, he does not have to give any lessons in good strategy
(Richard Hills should be happy), and he does not have to explain
incredibly arcane rules (dozens of BLMLers should be happy) and wait
for the IB-er (who, let's face it, is generally going to be quite
confused if no list is given) to guess what is allowed.

I guess the main down side of my proposal is that the director will
need to take some time to determine the list, but it seems the lesser
evil.

(I don't understand why this issue was completely ignored in the laws.)

Jerry Fusselman