[blml] Consult the people.

[Eric Landau]

On May 20, 2008, at 12:04 PM, <gesta at tiscali.co.uk>  
<gesta at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> 7. To complete this scenario I need to find an example case
> in which it transpires that the additional (lawful) information
> actually proves beneficial to the offending side to the extent
> that they are able to obtain a result which (probably/possibly)
> could not have been obtained without such assistance (as
> distinct from blind luck).    In other words I am seeking an
> example adjustment under Law 27D, and to what more fertile
> population than inhabits this place could I address an invitation
> to produce one?

Player holding 3-4-3-3 with opening values attempts to open 1H  
(promising 4+), and is informed that the auction has gone 1S-P-.  1H  
is not accepted, and he chooses to bid a non-systemic 2H, which shows  
a game force with 5+ hearts.  The auction (opponents silent) proceeds  
1S-2H-3H-3S-4H-P.  IBer's normal call over 1S would be 2C (game force  
with 4+ clubs or exactly 3-4-3-3), in which case the (systemic)  
auction would most likely have been 1S-2C-2D-2S-4S, but IBer could  
not bid 2C here, as his partner would have been barred.  4H, in the  
4-3 fit, turns out to be a superior contract to 4S in the 5-3 fit  
due, and duly makes an extra trick.  L27D would have us adjust the  
contract to the normal 4S, with the normal (one trick less than 4H)  
result.


Eric Landau
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