Mistaken Call or Explanation

This one went to the appeals committee at the end of a recent 8B Intermediate

 

QT842

Q4

T7

AJ92

 

A96

AJ98

53

K865

 

J3

K76

AKQJ84

73

 

K75

T532

962

QT4

 

West opened 1NT

Norh passed

East bid 3D (West explained it as weak and Diamonds)

South and West then passsed

North then bid 2S

East bids 3NT which makes and North calls Director claiming they would not have bid 2S if they had known the 3D was a strong one.

When we eventually found reference on system card, the 3D bid was explained correctly (i.e. Mistaken Call) and therefore result can stand.

If this is a case of Mistaken Explanation (which I initially thought), am I right to apply Law 21B (3) and award 3D making since Norths call was based on Misinformation from the opponent?

Started by PAUL COLEMAN on 07 Nov 2017 at 09:58PM

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  1. Ed Roggeveen08 Nov 2017 at 12:40PM

    I am a bit confused here as I don't know how North can bid 2S after the weak bid of 3D. If they did, what happened next?

    Can you please clarify this Pau? Then I will be happy to answer.

    Regards


    Ed

  2. NICK WHITTEN12 Nov 2017 at 08:23AM


    Regardless of whether Norths 2S was a typo (instead of 3S) or it was an IB which was condoned (it would be foolish of East to NOT condone the IB in this situation smile)

     

    A wrong bid is not an infraction even if deliberate (unless it comes under the "illegal psyche" rules) so there should be no adjustment

    UNLESS

    East has acted on unauthorised information (from the explanation) that his call has been misinterpreted
    [not the case here as he has authorised information from his own cards that he should be in game]

    OR

    There is some doubt about whether it was a wrong bid or wrong explanation
    ["eventually found reference on the system card" is probably Ok provided the system card was on the table and filled in with the correct players names] 

    Thats how I see it, but I am prepared to be corrected by any higher qualified (National) director

    cheers
    Nick

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