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defensive, defense, defines, deveins, devisee, endives, vendees, defies, define, denies, devein, devise,dienes, endive, envied, evened, fiends, seined, sieved, veined, vendee, viseed, defis, denes, dense, diene,dines, dives, feeds, fends, fiend, finds, fined, needs, nides, snide, vends, vined, vised, dees, defi, dene, deni,dens, devs, dies, difs, dine, dins, dive, eide, ends, feds, feed, fees, fend, fids, find, ides, need, nide, seed,send, side, sned, vend, vide, vids, viedCOACHING SESSIONS WITHBARBARA TRAVIST H E D E C L A R E R P A G E 8COACHING SESSIONS will be conducted using the same format as usual: a discussion about the topic,then playing pre-set hands for about 1½ hours. Notes will be supplied.COACHING TOPICSCost: $10 per person per sessionTUESDAYS:“PLAY” TOPICS30 July 2.30pm to 4.45pm COUNTING6 August 2.30pm to 4.45pm ENTRY MANAGEMENT13 August 2.30pm to 4.45pm SAFE AND DANGER HANDS20 August 2.30pm to 4.45pm COMBINING OPTIONS27 August 2.30pm to 4.45pm CHOOSING ONE OPTION (Percentages)3 September 2.30pm to 4.45pm DUCKING AND WINNING10 September 2.30pm to 4.45pm ELIMINATIONSTHURSDAYS:“SLAM BIDDING” TOPICS25 July 2.30pm to 4.45pm ROMAN KEYCARD BLACKWOOD1 August 2.30pm to 4.45pm SPLINTERS8 August 2.30pm to 4.45pm JACOBY 2NT (and SPLINTERS)15 August 2.30pm to 4.45pm CUE BIDDING22 August 2.30pm to 4.45pm MINOR SLAM BIDDING29 August 2.30pm to 4.45pm AFTER 1NT OPENING BIDS5 September 2.30pm to 4.45pm Revisit everythingPLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU NOMINATE FOR <strong>THE</strong>SE SESSIONS –Either on the SABA noticeboards or by phoning 8373 3995SA Bridge Association243 Young Street, Unley (Miller Street roundabout)
Know Your Options After an InfractionOPTIONS OVER AN INSUFFICIENT BIDIt is consistent in the laws of bridge that, barring anillegal call such as an illegal double or redouble, thenext player has the option of accepting the call evenif the bid itself indicates an infraction. Calls out ofrotation and insufficient bids fall into this category.This article focuses on the choices a player getswhen his or her RHO makes an insufficient bid.The following advice does not relieve anyone of theresponsibility of calling the director.What the director will usually do when called isdetermine what information the offending playerwas trying to convey with the call that they made.He or she may do this by taking that player awayfrom the table to prevent any unauthorisedinformation from impacting on other players. Thedirector and the offender will usually now return tothe table and the director will offer you the right asnext player to accept the insufficient bid as it stands.You may do this by making any legal call of yourown, including double, pass and any bid bigger thanthe one on the table. If the insufficient bid isaccepted then there is no further redress. Thedirector should make it clear what penalties, if any,will be imposed on the offending side in the eventthat the insufficient bid is not accepted. Someactions may allow the offending side to bid withoutrestriction and others may result in some kind ofpenalty, usually enforcing a pass by the offender’spartner. As the next player, it is important for you tounderstand that you are not given the right to insistupon any specific call as substitute for theinsufficient bid; you only have the right to insist thatthe insufficient bid be replaced with a sufficient one.This may include the possibility of pass. Note thatthe only time the director will allow the substitutedcall to be double is when he or she is convinced thatdouble conveys the same basic meaning as theinsufficient bid. For example, if the bidding goes1D: (1S): 1H, the responder may have failed tonotice the 1S overcall. The director may allow X asa substitute if the partnership has the agreement thatX shows 4+ hearts and 6+ HCP (which is quitecommon.)Most directors at club level will agree that in theirexperience, insufficient bids are rarely accepted. Ihave often seen players not accept insufficient bidswhen the opportunity to bid is available if theyaccept and closed off when they don’t. Assumingthat it is in your interests to automatically refuse toaccept an insufficient bid could be a mistake.T H E D E C L A R E R P A G E 9Instead you should ask whether you have been givenan opportunity to bid your hand when a sufficientbid may have closed you out. Note also that anydecision you take presents partner with authorisedinformation. In other words, you partner is entitledto any inference that can be drawn from the choicethat you make.Here are a couple of examples which at the tablemay be passed up after an insufficient bid:You hold: S K65 H J765 D 9875 C 85and the bidding starts with 1S from your partner andRHO tries 1D. The offender will most likely becorrecting this to 2D and you should bid 1S! Yourpartner will no doubt know that you would bid 2Shappily with 6-9 HCP, so it won’t be too hard towork out what you have for this 1S bid. RHO hasgiven you an opportunity that you would notnormally have.What if you held S 76 H 987 D KQJ873 A6 Thebidding starts with 1H on your right and yourpartner overcalls with a weak 2S bid. RHO Bids2C. You have the opportunity to bid 2S now, but itmay be more helpful to bid 2D. This offers analternative strain and gives partner an important clueabout what to lead. If partner really dislikes the ideaof playing in diamonds, you have no problem if youend up back in 2S.
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