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

[Wayne Burrows]

On 31/01/2008, richard.hills at immi.gov.au <richard.hills at immi.gov.au> wrote:
>
> Laurie was forced to draw Venn diagrams on the
> whiteboard in order to describe the official
> South Pacific Zone interpretation of the key
> Law 27C1 word "incorporates".  He stated that if
> the replacement call for an insufficient bid
> contained more information than the insufficient
> bid it would still be legal, provided that all
> the information given by the insufficient bid
> was included (and provided that the replacement
> call met the other criteria of Law 27C1).
>
> A matter for debate was Laurie's revelation that
> the withdrawn insufficient bid was authorised
> information for both sides.  A perceptive Little
> Old Lady posed this tricky scenario:
>
> WEST      NORTH     EAST
> 1S        2C        1NT  = 6-9 hcp, replaced by
>                    Pass = 0-9 hcp
>
> The hcp range of the Pass "incorporates" the hcp
> range of the 1NT, but West now has authorised
> information that East is denying a yarborough,
> which might make it easier for West to choose a
> successful rebid of 4S.
>

In my mind 0-9 hcp contains less information than 6-9 hcp.

In general a more restrictive bid contains more information.

Wayne