[blml] ABF seminar - Law 27C [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Richard Hills:

[snip]

>>The intended meaning of 1NT might have been 6-9
>>hcp without spade support (did not notice North's
>>2C bid), or the intended meaning of 1NT might
>>instead have been 16-18 hcp balanced (did not
>>notice West's 1S bid also).
>>
>>Ergo, as TD, I would not ask the insufficient
>>bidder's _partner_ about the meaning.  Instead,
>>as TD, I would take the insufficient bidder away
>>from the table and ask _the insufficient bidder_
>>about the meaning.

Jerry Fusselman:

>Would you look at her hand?

Richard Hills:

No.  But if, at the end of play, I discovered that
East's claimed intention to open a 16-18 1NT was a
psyche with seven spades and a yarborough, then I
would undertake further investigation into the
East-West methods and into the frequency of East's
allegedly unintentional insufficient bids.

2007 Laws 40C3(b) and 72B1.


Best wishes

Richard James Hills
Governance & Graduates Section
National Training Branch
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Telephone: 02 6223 8439
Email: richard.hills at immi.gov.au

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