Re: subject now becoming clearer

It doesn’t sound as though, had it been considered a serious error, it would have been unrelated to the infraction.

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From: Herman De Wael
Sent: 29 October 2017 21:36
To: blml
Subject: [BLML] subject now becoming clearer

I posted this week:

They are vulnerable, you're in second seat, after the bidding:

decl	you	dummy	part
2Cl	Pass	2Sp	Pass	2Cl=strong  2Sp=relay
3He	Pass	3Sp	Pass	natural
3NT	All Pass

And you have to lead from:

Sp K Q 9 7 5 2
He Q J 10 8
Di 9
Cl 6 3

Your lead?

There have been many different leads (I believe all four suits have been 
suggested)

Now I'll tell you what happened:

3Sp was intended, by Dummy, as a second relay. He has only two spades.
Offending side told the TD that this was a misbid, and it should have 
been natural - so East was not misinformed.
However, the TD ruled that this was not proven and he ruled misinformation.
But that's not the end of the ruling.

It is clear that without the mention of natural spades in dummy, a spade 
lead is mandatory. In that case, the contract goes two down. That is 
what the TD ruled for the offending side.

At the table, the lead was a club and declarer made 11 tricks.

Now, the TD polled six players, like I did you, and received six answers 
of a spade lead even after the misinformation.
I am not criticising this, different polls do lead to different results.

Based on this poll the TD of the hand ruled serious error and left the 
score of -660 for the non offending side (leaving the final result of 
the match at 18-9 on the ancient scale).

My question is the following:
Is it enough for a poll to be unanimous in order to rule that the club 
lead was a serious error as indicated by the new laws?

Herman.

Herman.
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