[blml] 40B3, etc.

[Stefanie Rohan]

 Jeff Easterson:
>
>> Hola Blnlers!  The idea that a pair, in advance, will plan to make
>> illegal bids (insufficient for example) and then discuss what to do
>> (what conventions, etc.) after these bids boggles what is left of my
>> mind.  JE

> Robert Frick:

> I'm pretty sure this can't be done. If you don't realize your bid is
> insufficient, then you will "forget" to use your convention. Conversely,
> if you are following your convention, you know you are making an
> insufficient bid. Which is illegal.

No, what Jeff means is a convention that is used after attention has been 
drawn to an accidental insufficient bid. Or after the bid is accepted, in 
the hope that partner will notice that his bid is insufficient by the time 
the auction gets back to him (If partner has to shuffle through his 
already-used bidding cards, or borrow a card from someone else's box, you 
will probably be prompted to notice that your bid is insufficient. However, 
the actual auction is AI.

Anyway, I have been worried about this for many weeks. As well as things 
like using the suit and/or rank of your exposed penalty card as some sort of 
pivot for your signalling.

Stefanie Rohan
London, England