[blml] Trains Fur [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Alain Gottcheiner]

richard.hills at immi.gov.au a écrit :
> The Committee tried to reconstruct an auction that would have
> occurred if the players had been playing behind screens. If
> South had been Alerted by East that the 4D bid was a transfer
> preempt, he probably would have passed as he indicated in his
> testimony. West would not have been aware that her partner
> really had hearts and would have bid 5D and North would
> probably have doubled. East would have been free to bid 5H if
> he had been playing behind screens and would not have received
> any *unauthorized information* from his partner's failure to
> Alert. South would have doubled and with normal defense, East
> would have gone down four, +800 for North-South.
>
> The Committee changed the contract to 5H doubled, +800 for
> North-South. 

So that the whole problem boils down to changing +800 into +800 :-P

(and that E/W escape a warning for breach of ethics by using UI ; IMOBO 
the Committee is right)

> Casebook panellist Meckstroth: My personal belief is that the
> Committee should never have tried to determine what would have
> happened with a hypothetical screen. There was no screen and
> what would have happened if there was one was not relevant.
>
>   
With a hypothetical screen between North and East, and a clever West 
(one who doesn't want to push his opponents to slam when they didn't 
even bid a suit), the final contract would have been 4D, if we believe 
South when he says he'd have passed 4D.

(
If you don't believe that could happen, and West will always raise with 
such a great fit, please consider the following deal :

            xx
            KJxxx
            xx
           Qxxx

xxx                  AQJx
Q                    Ax
Jxxxxx             AKQxx
Axx                 Kx

         Kxxxx
         xxxxx
         ---
         Jxx    

North : 2D  (weakish weak two in unspecified major)
East : pass (only dangerous if South has enough Diamonds to pass, and 
that's unlikely)
South : thought he had enough diamonds to pass ;-)
NS - 350.
)


As to whether South's 4S was "wild or gambling", well, any bid when 
you're preempted is a bit of a gamble, so I won't deprive him of his 
score for this reason. Remark that only MI, not UI use, would be the 
basis for my ruling.


Best regards

   Alain