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

[Wayne Burrows]

On 31/01/2008, Sven Pran <svenpran at online.no> wrote:
> > On Behalf Of Wayne Burrows
> ...............
> > > 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 the withdrawn insufficient bid was authorised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.
>
> Careful here!
>
> As Richard correctly points out:
>
> The insufficient bid includes the information that East cannot have less
> than 6 HCP. The replacement call does not incorporate this information.
>

Exactly and the law requires that it does incorporate that information
- "that incorporates the information contained in the insufficient
bid".

Therefore either Kelso's interpretation or example are wrong.  I think
the example is wrong.  Pass does not "incorporate" all of the
information in a 1NT response to a level opening.

Wayne