[blml] Law 27 - relay

[Eric Landau]

On Apr 30, 2008, at 10:22 PM, Robert Frick wrote:

> To me, if the insufficient bidder says "I thought I was opening the
> bidding", that is UI to partner. As director, I would not announce the
> intended meaning of the insufficient bid. (I think Eric plans to  
> announce
> this.) That means either looking at the hand of the insufficient  
> bidder or
> talking to the insufficient bidder away from the table.

I'd *like* to wind up announcing this, but what I *plan* to do is pay  
attention to the discussion in this forum for the next two months  
(the ACBL starts using the new laws on 7/1) in the hope that a  
consensus -- or at least something better than my own inclinations --  
emerges.

If we can't quite get there, perhaps we can at least come to a  
consensus as to whether the TD needs to ascertain the information in  
order to rule properly.  I think he does, but concede that if he does  
not then the case for making it AI disappears.

And if he does, I would certainly favor asking him over attempting to  
draw my own conclusion by looking at his hand (or by any other means,  
for that matter).


Eric Landau
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