Incorrectly announced transfer and the confusion it caused..
#1
Posted 2012-April-11, 03:53
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The 2NT bid was not alerted but as West was about to bid - North announced it as transfer to minors.
3 Clubs not alerted as relay and pass or correct.
North / South are a genuinely inexperienced pair and when East queried the 2NT bid a little more was told it was both minors. I as west knew it was only Clubs but I can't say anything.
East thought 3 Diamonds as a result was a cue (ie that the 2NT was both minors...) and so ended up in 3 Spades.
If North didnt announce and just alert I'd just bid 3Ds anyway.
How do you get out of this mess as a TD!
#2
Posted 2012-April-11, 04:15
keledor, on 2012-April-11, 03:53, said:
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It looks as if E/W were entitled to the explanation that 2NT showed 1 minor and 3C was to play opposite clubs. It appears that West would still bid 3D and East would Pass, so an adjustment to EW +110 looks appropriate.
A gentle reminder to NS to alert minor suit transfers and rebids (and to agree what 2NT is).
"Robin Barker is a mathematician. ... All highly skilled in their respective fields and clearly accomplished bridge players."
#3
Posted 2012-April-11, 05:08
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A gentle reminder to NS to alert minor suit transfers and rebids (and to agree what 2NT is).
Are EW automatically deemed to get the diamonds right ? Isn't N 2:1 or more to hold Q♦ so should there be some split between 3♦= and -1 ?
#4
Posted 2012-April-11, 06:19
Cyberyeti, on 2012-April-11, 05:08, said:
Yes. Good point.
I could claim that the commentary says "is difficult see how he can make anything other than nine tricks" and as the commentator is another EBU TD, I have some backing for my ruling. But I suspect that at least one of us did not give the matter enough thought.
"Robin Barker is a mathematician. ... All highly skilled in their respective fields and clearly accomplished bridge players."
#5
Posted 2012-April-11, 11:54
Cyberyeti, on 2012-April-11, 05:08, said:
Depends how much you can find out about opener's hand. The play might easily reveal he has 13 HCP outside trumps. But yes, some weighted score between the two possibilities.
#6
Posted 2012-April-11, 15:33
Rik
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#7
Posted 2012-April-12, 07:55
Trinidad, on 2012-April-11, 15:33, said:
EW are entitled to a correct explanation of NS's agreements. If the correct agreement of 2NT is "takeout into a long minor" then that is the explanation EW are presumed to get and West can bid a natural 3♦ with impunity. If the actual agreement is "both minors" then again that is the explanation EW are presumed to get and, despite what he claims, I don't think West would now bid 3♦ if there was any chance that partner might interpret this as a cue-bid.
EW have to steer clear of (unwittingly, I'm sure), varying their defence so that 3♦ means one thing when West has first asked for an explanation of an alerted 2NT, and quite another when no explanation is asked for.
#8
Posted 2012-April-12, 08:05
But upon rereading, it may be so that West bid 3♦ with the information "transfer to the minors" and that East got the explanation "both minors" right before he bid 3♠. If that is the case then obviously 3♦ was not even close to a SEWoG.
Maybe the OP can clarify what information West had when he bid 3♦?
Rik
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The only reason God did not put "Thou shalt mind thine own business" in the Ten Commandments was that He thought that it was too obvious to need stating. - Kenberg
#9
Posted 2012-April-24, 17:53
RMB1, on 2012-April-11, 06:19, said:
Having played in Sim Pairs with booklets for forty years I cannot tell you how often I have been annoyed by statements as to the number of tricks, sometimes by commentators who are extremely good players. I remember Brian Senior writing "4♥ cannot be made" and a beginner in my club didn't like to draw trumps so he ruffed everything in sight, including some winners he did not know were winners, executing a perfect trump coup on his way to ten tricks. Grrrrr. If that Brian Senior ever comes near me ......
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