[blml] Law 27B1(b) - 16D exclusion.

[gesta at tiscali.co.uk]

Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Landau" <ehaa at starpower.net>
To: "Bridge Laws Mailing List" <blml at amsterdamned.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] Law 27B1(b) - 16D exclusion.


On May 4, 2008, at 7:41 AM, <gesta at tiscali.co.uk>
<gesta at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> From: "Reg Busch" <rbusch at ozemail.com.au>
>
>> I hope I have misunderstood this. Are you saying
>> that, if 27B1(a) applies, then we always rule under
>> this, and never go on to 27B1(b)?  If this pair were
>> playing 4 card mjors, I would offer the IBer his rights
>> under B1(a), and also suggest he may have alternative
>> actions available under B1(b) e.g. some sort of
>> artificial game forcing bid which conveys the same
>> meaning..
>> Reg
>
> +=+  When a player has options the Director must
> explain all the options to him. (Law 10C1). So you
> are right to point to all the possibilities.
>          After receiving the explanation the player
> selects his call. If it is the lowest sufficient bid in the
> same denomination Law 27B1(a) applies. If it is not
> the lowest sufficient bid in the same denomination
> then either 27B1(b) or 27B2, or 27B3, or 27B4 will
> apply. So it is also right that when 27B1(a) applies to
> his selected option you never go to 27B1(b), nor to
> any of 27B2, 27B3, 27B4.

JFTR, if the RC is the lowest sufficient bid in the same denomination
(LSBSD) *and in the Director’s opinion both the insufficient bid and
the substituted bid are incontrovertibly not artificial* Law 27B1(a)
applies.  When L27B1(a) does not apply because the RC fails the
"incontrovertably not artificial" test, we may then apply L27B1(b) to
the LSBSD.


+=+ Thank you Eric, for improving the accuracy of the statement.
When 27B1(a) does not apply, for any reason, the first step is to
see whether 27B1(b) applies; if not, on to the remainder of Law 27.
                                              ~ Grattan ~   +=+
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