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- From: rudy@netcom.com (Rudy)
- Subject: Re: What to do when the rules conflict?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.004005.15338@netcom.com>
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- References: <1993Jan21.140619.19502@midway.uchicago.edu> <1jml68INNdr7@transfer.stratus.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:40:05 GMT
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- In article <1jml68INNdr7@transfer.stratus.com> tnh@sw.stratus.com (Tim Hill) writes:
- >I suppose you have agreements concerning at least these three auctions:
- >
- > 1C-2C(natural)-P
- > 1C-2C(majors)-P
- > 1C-2C(no agreement)-P
- >
- >I also gather that the meanings of pass in those three auctions are
- >overlapping but not identical. If so, partner gave you the unauthorized
- >information that he has a pass in any of these auctions, so your future
- >bids and plays are restricted by Law 16A! In any case, you should alert the
- >pass and tell her what it means in all three auctions. Finding out their
- >agreement concerning 2C would help to explain your agreement concerning pass
- >only if partner had somehow known about their agreement at the time he passed!
-
- This is silly. Partner gave no unauthorized information, except maybe that
- he knows what your opponents are playing, and you don't. He might have
- played against them before, looked at their convention card while you
- weren't looking or made some other assumption.
-
- >Of course, there are some circumstances where you must interrupt RHO and say
- >"excuse me, partner's bid may be alertable, but I need a review (or an
- >explanation or a look at your convention card) first." However, this isn't
- >one of those situations.
-
- It most certainly sounds like it to me.
-