Re: Change of call after illegal call

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Timothy N. Hill
> Sent: Friday, 15 July 2016 5:46 PM
> To: Bridge Laws Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [BLML] Change of call after illegal call
> 
> On 2016 Jul 13, at 07:44, Matthias Berghaus <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
> > Am 13.07.2016 um 11:26 schrieb Tony Musgrove:
> >
> >> ... suppose I double partner (illegal, but have seen him play before :))
> ...
> 
> As a player I’ve seen a joke inadmissible double a few times (“I eked out a
> minimum raise, partner took me seriously, and I’ve seen partner play
> before”), but I don’t recall ever taking a director call on one of these.
> 
> > ... [Law] 26 could apply (anybody got an example where 26 would
> apply?) ...
> 
> Sure. I’ve taken perhaps a dozen director calls over the years for
> inadmissible doubles. They’re usually takeout requests showing the
> unbid suits. Sometimes they’re redundant penalty doubles (a bid too far,
> Double, Pass, Double). Law 26 applies, but how?
> 
> Here’s one I remember well: One Diamond, Pass, Double (for takeout),
> “Director, please,” responder’s inadmissible Double changed to One
> Spade, Pass, Pass (mandatory), Two Hearts, All Pass.
> 
> 26A2 should be clearer about the lead restrictions after offender’s
> withdrawn call specified two or three suits and his legal calls specified
> one or two, but not all, of those suits. Following what I think is the
> intended meaning, the first time opener was on lead I allowed declarer to
> require or prohibit a diamond or to require or prohibit a heart.
> 
> Opener had a 19-HCP 4=3=2=4 and responder an 8-HCP 5=4=1=3. The
> room went down one in four spades. Our heroes got the only plus score.
> No reason to apply Law 23. Score up a top. :)
> 
> I’ve usually judged a redundant penalty double as not “solely related to a
> specified suit or suits” (26B), but I suppose some redundant penalty
> doubles could be lead-directing (26A).
> 
> 	Tim

using written bidding as in most of my clubs in OZ,
it sometimes occurs that player don’t know how
to write redouble!
 Cheers,

Tony (Sydney)
 
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