overcall of 1nt

north opens                                    1nt

east overcalls                                 2c  (system play is clubs and hearts)

west                                               alerts

respsonds to souths query             has hearts and clubs

south passes

west bids                                       2 hearts

north                                              doubles

east bids                                       3 clubs

south again queries       and   west says he thinks it is clubs

south doubles

east makes  3 clubs

SOUTH CALLS THE DIRECTOR AND SAYS THAT THEY WE MISLED

EAST HOLES 8 CLUBS AND NO HEARTS

WHAT IS THE DIRECTORS DECISION 

 

 

 

 

 

Started by ELAINE BENTLEY on 21 Nov 2022 at 03:09PM

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  1. BARRY JONES22 Nov 2022 at 05:46PM

    Hi Elaine,

    I'm only a club director but I believe all South is entitled to is the partnership agreement (Hearts and Clubs) unless East has a history of getting the system wrong in which case South is entitled to know that too.

    We also need to see the East hand. If they had 3 hearts they would have a hard time convincing most directors that they hadn't been influenced by  the unauthorised information ( to east) that their partner thought they had Hearts and Clubs. Having as many as 8 clubs would help their case though I guess.

    If they really had NO Hearts and 8 clubs then the 3 club bid is probably automatic athough you might argue that having heard their partner make a "free bid" of 2 Hearts presumably showing some values they should rebid 4 or 5 clubs.

    Not so straight forward I'm afraid but that's how it goes sometimes.

    We can't really make a decision on how the director should rule without quite a bit more information.

    On reflection, I'm glad I'm not a director. Who needs the grief ? yell

    Regards,

    Barry

     

     

  2. NICK WHITTEN24 Nov 2022 at 09:43PM

     

    I agree with Barry except I think it’s a more clear-cut case for no adjustment.

    West has UI (from the alert and explanation) so may not choose from logical alternatives one favoured by the UI.

    But with 8 clubs and no hearts I see no logical alternative to bidding 3C.
    Nor would bidding 4 (or more) Clubs be a logical alternative for the sub-set of the field who chose to bid only 2C first time.

    East has no UI so is free to bid anything

  3. COLIN BRAY28 Nov 2022 at 05:27PM

    I don't see how UI comes into this situation. West clearly described their system and when it was their turn to bid they made a choice between the 2 options, either H or C. They had no idea partner had deviated from their system. Although when they were asked about the 3C bid they should say not discussed rather than "I think xxxxx". As the bidding did not conform to the system then S doubles at his own peril.

     

  4. Scott Smith02 Dec 2022 at 02:35PM

    I kinda agree with Barry.

    The reason I have a kinda in here is that weaker players often get in this situation.  They will use a 2D transfer, and then rebid 3D and expect their partner to take that as just diamonds.  Stanggeringly, often their partner figures it out.  Usually there is a fair amount of body language at the table that makes it cearer what is happening, but sometimes there's not.  For that reason I'm not completely ruling out that the explanation was faulty:  do they really play that it is two way, clubs + hearts or just clubs (and if it is just clubs they repeat that suit), evn if they don't recognise that themselves.

    It is hard to tell here because of the doubles, easier to tell if they had the same auction but with North passing 2H.  But I'd still be keen to understand why West didn't bid 3H (presuming they have something like 4+H and short clubs).

    Leaving all that aside, without the hands, it is impossible to tell whether any potentially incomplete explanation actually led to the poor result.

  5. COLIN BRAY02 Dec 2022 at 03:27PM

    The system being played is Brozel.

    2C  c & h

    2D  d &  h

    Look the rest up on Bridgebum.

    West gives correct explanation and gives his preference between the 2 suits. As partner has deviated from their system they rebid C. Refer 40C1 and Manual D78

     

  6. BARRY JONES02 Dec 2022 at 08:33PM

    I've probably known Scott for about 25 years and he's only ever agreed with me twice so I'm taken "kinda agree" as a huge leap forward wink

    I kinda agree with Scott that there is a fair chance that there was some body language or what they used to call "That old Black Magic" going on here which is what I was driving at about East only bidding 3 Clubs.

    I understood that 2 Clubs showed Hearts and Clubs - There was no mention of just clubs initially. The pass of 3 clubs was indeed fortunate.

    I do want to apologise to the late great Frank Sinatra for dragging that old black magic into this, I'm a huge fan.

  7. Scott Smith06 Dec 2022 at 10:08AM

    Colin:  I understand what they say their agreement is.  But I was speculating that their may be a extra part of their agreement that they themselves don't appreciate... that if they pull partner's hearts preference to clubs then that means they only had clubs all along, and hence the proper explanation of their call is that it is C+H or just C. 

    I'm not saying that is a recognised treatment, or a good one, but I suspect that if I took west aside after the hand and asked them what the auction (1NT) 2C (P) 2H (P) 3C means they would tell me it is just clubs.

    Often there is some body language that make it even clearer at the table, but some poeple play like this anyway.  If that is the case then, in my opinion, this problem becomes a mistaken explanation issue but without seeing the hands I cannot say whether or not that ought to lead to a score adjustment.  I strongly suspect that it would no lead to a score adjustment.

     

    Barry:  Hi there mate.  25 might be light - we are getting old.  Have a good xmas, and please pass on my best to your boss.

  8. Ella Gray07 Oct 2023 at 05:46PM

    I came upon this query as I have a similiar one which I will post later. 

    with this query, if the explanation from West was a correct explanation of their system, surely this is a very clear case of UI that East is not entitled to use.  West has bid their preference between clubs and hearts.   

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