[blml] L27 question w/ inadvertency

[Alain Gottcheiner]

Robert Frick a écrit :
> I am called to the table for an insufficient bid, which LHO chooses not to  
> accept. I pull the insufficient bidder away from the table, where he  
> reveals to me that his bid was inadvertent -- a slip of the fingers. I  
> decide not to allow a change by law 25 (because this law requires, not  
> only that the attempt to change the bid be made without time for thought,  
> but also that there be an attempt to change the bid.)
>   
I don't agree. Not everybody knows the rules. If a player doesn't know 
whether changing his (inadvertent) bid will be allowed or whether 
attempting a correction will make his case worse, he could call the TD 
to ask him, and this shouldn't deprive him from his right to avoid 
penalties. Just check whether his story is compatible with his actual 
hand. Here, if he holds majors and has bid 1D, the claim that "I wanted 
to bid 2D and pulled short" is credible.

Best regards


   Alain