[blml] "Demonstrably" - practical meaning?

[David Barton]

>
> [Grattan Endicott]
> +=+ It would be wise to read the law once more. There seems
> to be an assumption in many of the comments in this thread that
> the law requires the Director to determine whether (when there
> is a logical alternative) the action the player took was suggested,
> demonstrably, by the UI conveyed from partner.  This is not so.
>        The judgement the law requires the Director to make is
> whether, when there is a logical alternative action, the action
> taken by the player "could demonstrably have been suggested"
> over that alternative. It is a case of 'could it have been', not 'was
> it', and it is whether it could have been that the Director must
> judge to be a demonstrable possibility. 'Demonstrable' eliminates
> the obscure and requires the Director to stay in the real world of
> what could be so. He does not have to judge that it actually is so.
>       If the Director forms the opinion that an infraction of law (i.e.
> that the player has selected an action that could have been
> demonstrably suggested as above) and that the offender has
> thereby gained an advantageous result, the Director is required
> to award an adjusted score in accordance with Law 12C.
> [Grattan Endicott]
>
>
> [TNLB L16B1]
> After a player makes available to his partner extraneous information
> that may suggest a call or play, as for example by a remark, a question,
> a reply to a question, an unexpected* alert or failure to alert, or by
> unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone,
> gesture, movement, or mannerism, the partner may not choose from among
> logical alternatives one that could demonstrably have been suggested
> over another by the extraneous information.

Can I try an example here.
An auction goes 1S (P) 2S (P)
                           3H (P) ?
3H is a long suit trial bid made after a break in tempo.

Now it is easy to demonstrate that the BIT could suggest a marginal game try
and also easy to demonstrate that the BIT could suggest opener was close to
a 4S bid. Does this mean the director should adjust whenever responder
"guesses" right on a marginal hand irrespective of whether he chooses 3S or 
4S?

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