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White Book – November 2003 – Chapter V V THE AUCTION Law 17 Duration of the Auction 17.1 Law 17D [Cards from wrong board] [WBFLC] This reads: ‘If a player who has inadvertently picked up the cards from a wrong board makes a call, that call is cancelled. If offender's LHO has called over the cancelled call, the Director shall assign artificial adjusted scores (see Law 90 for penalty) when offender's substituted call differs in any significant way from his cancelled call*. If offender ………’ In some early editions of the Laws the asterisk [which refers to a footnote] was placed in the wrong place: it should be as shown here. [WBFLC minutes 1997-10-19#8] Consider a case where RHO passes, a player passes, and LHO opens 1NT: then the player realises he has the cards from the wrong board. Now the Director applies Law 17D: the player now discovers he really has a good hand. It seems that this player could pass anyway, knowing that LHO will bid 1NT, which he can now double. The knowledge of LHO’s 1NT is unauthorised so this ploy is not legal. Thus the Director can apply Law 16C2 and 72B1, and adjust if necessary. [WBFLC minutes 1998-09-01#7] Law 20 Review and Explanation of Calls 20.1 Law 20F [Asking questions] [WBFLC] The Law says that players should ask for a full explanation of the opponents’ auction during the auction or when defending. In practice players ask about individual calls and this is considered a very minor infraction, though it may create unauthorised information for partner. [WBFLC minutes 1998-08-30#3] Questions may not be asked just for partner’s benefit. [WBFLC minutes 1998-09-01#15] Law 21 Call based on misinformation 21.1 When is it too late to change a call? When a player finds that he has been misinformed he should call the TD (indeed, both sides should call the TD). The TD will allow the last call <strong>by</strong> the non-offending side to be taken back unless dummy has been faced. Earlier calls cannot be taken back, and the TD may give an adjusted score after the board is finished. If a player does not call the TD when he finds himself misinformed but asks for an adjustment later he seems to have gained an advantage: instead of having to decide whether to change this last call that can be changed he can rely on an adjustment that will give him the benefit of the doubt. 35
White Book – November 2003 – Chapter V However, Law 21B3 only allows an adjustment when it is too late to apply Law 21B1. So no adjustment is given based on the one call that could have been changed since it was not too late to change it, and the failure of the players to call the TD does not change that. Example West opened 1, North bid 2, East doubled, not alerted so presumably for penalties, South passed and West bid 2. Now North asked the meaning of the double and was told it was takeout: West admitted he forgot to alert. If the TD had been called then South would have had his bid back, and would have had to decide what to bid with a weak hand, club support, distribution, but at unfortunate vulnerability. In fact 5 would have been best, probably keeping E/W out of a cold slam. However, the TD was not called until the end of the deal, and now North argued that South might have bid 5, and the slam might have been missed. Certainly he might have, but equally with a very weak hand and adverse vulnerability he might have left more room for the slam to be found. The TD very properly ruled no adjustment because the call that may be withdrawn under Law 21B1 is dealt with that way and not via adjustment. 21.2 Law 21 [Misinformation] [WBFLC] Because of misinformation a pair misses an obvious contract and reaches another contract. The quality of the contract reached is irrelevant: the pair is damaged if it is judged they would have got a better score in the contract they might have reached without the misinformation For example, suppose a pair would have probably reached a 50% 3NT. In fact, because of misinformation, they reach an 85% 5C. However, owing to a bad trump break, 5C goes off but 3NT would have made. The pair has been damaged since the score they obtained [5C-1] is poorer than the result without the misinformation [3NT made]. [WBFLC minutes 2000-01-12#5] Law 25 Legal and illegal changes of call 25.1 When does Law 25B apply? Despite some confusing information from various authorities it is now understood to be the player's decision whether to use Law 25B after being told of the penalties attached thereto. 25.2 How to apply Law 25B This Law is very confusing, and players tend not to believe that anything so ridiculous can be in the Law book! It is quite possible that this Law will be deleted from the Law book during the time this White book applies. However, while it is in the Law book, TDs will have to apply it so here is an example to clarify it. 36
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