Re: Insufficient Stayman

Players are not supposed to waive rectification on their own; proper
procedure is to ask the Director to waive the rectification.  (In this
case, the Director would probably have allowed South to correct his bid
without any restrictions, even if South's correct response was no longer 3C
Stayman, or if 3C had a different meaning such as Puppet Stayman.)

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Richard Hills <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dealer (North) opens 2NT, promising 21-22 hcp balanced. Responder (South)
> has severely limited vision (hence holds a disability pension), so believes
> that North has opened a 12-14 1NT, therefore responds 2C insufficient
> Stayman.
>
> Out of sympathy for South's disability West uses Law 27A to accept the
> insufficient 2C, and West then passes. Has West infracted the Law 72A
> "chief object is to obtain a higher score"?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Richard Hills
>
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