[blml] Situation normal, all...

[Robert Frick]

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:52:51 -0500, Alain Gottcheiner <agot at ulb.ac.be>  
wrote:

> David Burn a écrit :
>> Suppose that you have:
>>
>> 3  AK10943  6  AKQ85
>>
>> After mature consideration, you choose to open 1H (there is a case for  
>> 2C,
>> but this is not a Richard Hills problem where you will later have to  
>> justify
>> some stupid bid to a sceptical Director).
>>
>> An awkward silence supervenes, during which you observe two things
>> fractionally before everyone else at the table points them out to you:  
>> (1)
>> you are not the dealer; (2) your partner, who is, has opened 1H and  
>> your RHO
>> has passed.
>>
>> Of course, had you been paying sufficient attention to the game, you  
>> would
>> now bid Blackwood. But not under the new new Law 27 nor the old new Law  
>> 27
>> nor the old old Law 27 nor the Institutes of Justinian can you bid
>> Blackwood, because partner will be barred and you will play there. What  
>> do
>> you do?
>>
>> That was an easy question - naturally, you call the Director. Now for  
>> the
>> more difficult question: what should he do? In particular, how should he
>> respond to your plaintive query "Can I bid 2NT, game-forcing with heart
>> support in our methods, and not have partner barred?"
>>
>>
> My answer would be : yes, provided it shows 4+ hearts and you don't play
> 5-card majors. Else, there would be UI from the opening. If you happen
> to have some bid to show a 5-card raise, then your problem is solved.
>
> I would be prone to accept the 2NT substitute, even if a 1H opening
> showed 5, telling the player that, if this small amount of UI happens to
> have any importance on the deal, their score would be adjusted. But
> that's probably not in L27.
>
> In general, I'd be content with 99% inclusion of the meaning of the IB
> into the SB. But perhaps, here, a 1-card discrepancy is too much.
> One good case of 99% inclusion which we discussed between friends is the
> case where you substitute your 1C opening (Precision, 16+) with a double
> of their Multi 2D (also meaning 16+, as some play it in Brussels).
> Partner has additional information that you don't hold a Precision 2NT
> opener, whatever range it shows. But that's too little IMOBO to disallow
> the conversion.
>
> Best regards
>
>    Alain

I think I found another 99%er. You open 1NT, your partner bids 2H  
transfer, and you bid 2S, discovering that RHO has inserted a bid and your  
bid is insufficient. 2S contains almost no information, so a pass does not  
bar partner and a bid of 3S ALMOST perfectly is within the meaning of 2S  
and probably no one would notice the discrepancy. But 2S usually denies  
extra values with a 4-card spade suit, yet my partner and I think many  
players will bid 3S with those same extra values.

I'm with Alain, it would be nice to let this go.