[blml] ABF seminar - Law 27C

[Stefanie Rohan]

TM:

> They bid    1C (1S) 1H (insufficient).
>
> I find out that the 1H bidder did not see the intermediate 1S.
> The previous correction to 2H would show 10+ points and
> 5+hearts, so I do not allow it (it gives more information than
> the 1H would have).  However, I can offer the perpetrator
> a negative double if it means (in their system) 'I would have
> bid 1H).

I don't think so. Surely a negative double does not deliver an ironclad 
guarantee of four hearts. Also the 1H response normally promises diamonds no 
longer than hearts, information that is not normally incorporated into the 
negative double.

> On the other hand, if I find the 1H bidder did not
> see the two previous bids, and was opening the bidding
> (albeit OOT), I allow the 2H change without penalty.  What
> could be easier

If playing 5-card majors, this seems OK.

Stefanie Rohan
London, England