[blml] Worst Method in the World [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[David Burn]

[RH]

Imps
Dlr: North
Vul: Both

The bidding has gone:

WEST      NORTH     EAST      SOUTH
---       Pass      Pass      Pass
2C(1)     Pass      Pass(2)   ? (3)

(1) Either balanced and 21-22 hcp, or unbalanced game force.
(2) Non-systemic.
(3) While you, South, are contemplating your call you gain some AI from
East.  She makes some self-critical remarks, which conclude with the
statement, "Oh well, it's too late now."

You, South, hold:

J4
K98432
JT2
T8

What call do you make?

[DALB]

"Director".

That is, assuming 1997 Law 25B2(b)(2) still applies at the Canberra Bridge
Club. I know that under this Law my opponents are entitled to a shot at
average minus; the fact that they don't know this ought not to affect my
actions or their rights. Fiat justitia, ruat caelum.

Of course I could just pass, hoping that 2C was not my opponents' optimum
spot. But suppose it was...

David Burn
London, England