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White Book – November 2003 – Chapter IV 15.2 Law 15C [Play of wrong board discovered during auction] [WBFLC] Consider the situation where a pair sits at the wrong table, and an auction starts. They discover their error, move away, and the correct pair sits down. This Law says that the pair who remain must make the same calls, and the Director should check to make sure the new pair make the same calls as the old pair did. What happens if one of the new pair, having heard the Law, decides he does not really want to play the board, so opens 7NT which he guesses will be a change from the earlier auction? This is unacceptable, and is treated as a violation of Law 74A2. There is no need for the Director to judge the intent of the player: if no satisfactory bridge reason can be found for the call then he applies Law 74A2. The TD informs (or instructs) the players correspondingly. [WBFLC minutes 2001-10-28#6, also 2001-10-30#1] Law 16 Unauthorised Information 16.1 Unauthorised information not from partner If a player accidentally gets some information about a board to be played, eg by overhearing the result, and (as he should) reports this to the TD, and if the TD allows the board to played, then no adjusted score can be awarded by the TD. This is because the TD, in allowing the board to played, has decided the information could not interfere with normal play. The TD's decision can be appealed. If the board is in a teams-of-four match and has not been played at the other table then the TD has no reason to let it be played. He lets it be redealt, or provides a substitute board. If one player has knowledge of one hand then the TD may be able to let it be played, if necessary by adjusting positions. Example A board is thrown across the room in a pairs competition, and the East player (but no-one else) sees the South hand which falls out of the board. The TD should let them play the board arrow-switched, so the East player plays South for that board only, so long as the scorers can cope with this (see #87.1). 16.2 What does a hesitation mean? The L&EC considers that: (a) A hesitation followed by a pass would normally be willing to hear partner bid on (b) A hesitation followed by a minimum bid after RHO’s pass would normally have something in hand (c) A hesitation followed by a penalty double is normally willing to see it removed However, in cases such as 1 pass 3 (slow), the 3 bidder might be considering a number of actions, ie the pause could have suggested either a 2.5 or a 3.5 bid. 31
White Book – November 2003 – Chapter IV 16.3 Weighting when a call (or play) is disallowed. If a call (or play) is disallowed because the TD judges that an illegal alternative was chosen when unauthorised information was present then this call or play may not be used in any calculations of weighting. Note that it is possible for the result to be included when it might have been reached in another way. Suppose that there were other possible calls (or plays) that would also have been disallowed if chosen. Then they may not be included in any calculations of weighting either. Examples (a) East doubles 4 slowly, and West pulls it to 4 making exactly. The TD decides the 4 bid was illegal, but decides to give a weighted adjustment because it is not clear how many tricks 4 doubled might make, and it might be taken out to 5, which he might decide would be doubled and made. He might rule: 20% of NS+750 (5X=) plus 40% of NS-200 (4X-1) plus 40% of NS-500 (4X-2) However, he is not allowed to rule: 20% of NS+750 (5X=) plus 30% of NS-200 (4X-1) plus 30% of NS-500 (4X-2) plus 20% of NS-620 (4=) because he may not include the disallowed call 4 as part of the weighting. This is affectionately called a "Reveley ruling" because of a decision some years ago which brought this problem to the L&EC's notice. Some authorities in other countries permit Reveley rulings. (b) In a competitive auction East bids 3, which makes, but this is deemed illegal and disallowed. However, the TD judges that when the auction reaches his partner he would bid 3 much of the time. It is legal to include a percentage of 3 making as an adjustment since it is not via the disallowed call. (c) East pauses over 1NT and asks questions, then passes. West doubles with a spade suit and only 12 points, getting 800. The TD decides the double was illegal, but considers a weighted adjustment because West might have bid 2. There are now two possibilities. If the TD judges that 2 was a legal action, ie that he would not have disallowed it if asked to rule on a 2 bid in the same circumstances, then he may give a weighting based on 1NT undoubled, and on 2 being bid. If the TD judges that 2 was not a legal action, ie that he would have disallowed it if asked to rule on a 2 bid in the same circumstances, then he may not give any weighting based on 2 being bid. In the example given that means he is going to rule 1NT undoubled minus three. 32
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