East calls you at the end of the play and requests a removal of the double due to the lack of alert of 2NT. How do you rule? This is match points incidentally.
SEWoG
#1
Posted 2013-November-09, 19:43
East calls you at the end of the play and requests a removal of the double due to the lack of alert of 2NT. How do you rule? This is match points incidentally.
#2
Posted 2013-November-09, 19:52
mr1303, on 2013-November-09, 19:43, said:
What do you mean he requests a double? He did double.
#3
Posted 2013-November-09, 20:56
mr1303, on 2013-November-09, 19:43, said:
#4
Posted 2013-November-09, 23:00
#5
Posted 2013-November-09, 23:14
nige1, on 2013-November-09, 20:56, said:
The director was not called until the end of play. Therefore, no cancellation of any call in the auction is possible. This is a mis-information case. Law 21 applies. Law 21B3 says "When it is too late to change a call and the Director judges that the offending side gained an advantage from the irregularity, he awards an adjusted score." This, presumably, is the rectification requested by East; he wants the score adjusted to 3NT undoubled making however many it made. However, when you adjust the score, you have to consider, as the title of this thread suggests, Law 12C1{b}, which says "If, subsequent to the irregularity, the non-offending side has contributed to its own damage by a serious error (unrelated to the infraction) or by a wild or gambling action, it does not receive relief in the adjustment for such part of the damage as is self-inflicted. The offending side should be awarded the score that it would have been allotted as the consequence of its infraction only." The question is, "is the double one of 1) a serious error unrelated to the infraction, 2) a wild action, 3) a gambling action?"
East did not ask about the auction before doubling because he feared it would inhibit a spade lead. Did he get a spade lead? If he did, and the defense still failed to defeat the contract, then it seems to me his double was a gambling action that failed. If so, perhaps we should let the score stand for EW, and adjust for NS to 3NT undoubled.
On the other hand, looking at all four hands, on any lead but a heart, declarer can take nine top tricks before the defense get in. On a heart lead, East can take one or two heart tricks before switching suits. If he takes two, declarer makes an overtrick. If he takes one, declarer makes his contract and may also make an overtrick. Is that what happened? East is upset because declarer made an overtrick in a doubled contract?
Changed my mind. See post #13 below.
This post has been edited by blackshoe: 2013-November-10, 13:37
Reason for edit: changed my mind
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#6
Posted 2013-November-10, 03:08
blackshoe, on 2013-November-09, 23:14, said:
I don't agree that this follows. The unsurprising fact that they failed to defeat the contract with declarer having an 18-count has no bearing on how gambling the double actually is with the information that East had.
#7
Posted 2013-November-10, 03:18
#8
Posted 2013-November-10, 08:28
#9
Posted 2013-November-10, 10:23
I'm awarding a stern reminder to declarer of their obligation to reveal a failure to alert before the opening lead for starters.
If the final double had been removed in time would it's lead directing nature be UI or AI? I'm guessing AI that would lead to 9 tricks instead of the 10 available on a heart or club lead as an alternative to avg+/avg- and not sure which to award.
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#10
Posted 2013-November-10, 11:23
#11
Posted 2013-November-10, 11:47
Natural 2NT responses that may or may not bypass four-card majors which promise invitational or better values
#12
Posted 2013-November-10, 11:57
LH2650, on 2013-November-10, 11:23, said:
EBU: a forcing 2NT response is alertable.
Players would expect 2NT to be non-forcing. The "undiscussed" meaning of 1x - 2N is 10-12 ish.
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#13
Posted 2013-November-10, 13:36
So. Back to Law 21B3: Did the declaring side gain an advantage from the failure to alert? Probably. East might be less inclined to double if he thought NS had 25+ points between them. So we adjust the score. The SEWoG rule does not apply, at least in the bidding. Did the MI affect the play? We don't know. Assuming it did not, I suppose we adjust to 3NT making whatever it made for both sides. If the MI did affect the play, then perhaps we take away any overtricks as well, but I'd want some evidence for that.
Failure to 1) call the director during the Clarification Period and 2) explain, in the director's presence, that there was a failure to alert is an additional infraction to all the above. The governing law, 20F5{b}{ii} is a "must" law - the player concerned, South in this case, must call the director and then explain as above. According to the introduction to the laws, when a player fails to do what he "must" do, he should get a PP more often than not. If this is a first time for this South, I give him a warning. If he's already had a warning, or is experienced enough he should know better, I give him a standard PP of (in the EBU) 10% of a top.
Anyone disagree?
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#14
Posted 2013-November-10, 14:20
blackshoe, on 2013-November-10, 13:36, said:
Not me, I agree. Even if I am normally hesitant to hand out PPs, these cases are clear for me. Forgetting an agreement or forgetting an alert is all human. But if you observe that your partner doesn't alert your clearly alertable bid and you don't correct it, you will get a PP.
Rik
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#15
Posted 2013-November-10, 16:59
Trinidad, on 2013-November-10, 14:20, said:
Rik
I agree, although if you come from somewhere where this bid is not alertable, it's a bit harsh to get a PP, or are a beginner fresh out of classes where you were taught this as "normal", there may be mitigating circumstances.
#16
Posted 2013-November-10, 17:03
I'm not sure whether to give 9 or 10 tricks (or a mixture) on an assumed heart lead. Might depend on their lead style.
I don't think the number of tricks made in 3NTx is relevant because East was defending under false pretences.
#17
Posted 2013-November-10, 17:37
Cyberyeti, on 2013-November-10, 16:59, said:
There always may be mitigating circumstances. That doesn't excuse the attitude amongst some people, players, directors, and club owners included, that PPs "just aren't done," whatever the circumstances. That's nonsense.
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#18
Posted 2013-November-11, 11:21
#19
Posted 2013-November-11, 11:26
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#20
Posted 2013-November-11, 11:48
1) I agree with those who suggest that SEWoG is not relevant in this case. Where MisInformation is involved, what happened during the auction and play following MI is not generally relevant to the ruling - what matters overwhelmingly is what would East have done with the correct explanation. If East had been told that South had 16+ balanced he would not have doubled. The contract should be adjusted to 3NT making whatever number of tricks the TD decides is appropriate.
2) In the EBU it would be unusual to award a PP for South's failure to call the TD in a timely fashion. Only a serial offender or a very experienced player would be awarded a PP
3) MI cases generally involve Unauthorised Information. North's failure to alert suggests that North has forgotten the convention, so South must take care to avoid a suggested action. I'd need to ask South why he chose 3NT rather than say 4♠. I might need to poll a few of South's peers who play this (imho) horrid convention It might be considered that bidding 3NT was a "safer" action in light of the MI than the alternative 4♠.
Mike
East calls you at the end of the play and requests a double due to the lack of alert of 2NT. How do you rule? This is match points incidentally.