Re: Insufficient Stayman

On Wed, 08 Nov 2017 20:50:46 -0500, 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.
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> 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"?

Yes, of course. But L81C5 acknowledges their right to do that, for (good) cause.

Here, we would prefer a substitution bid of 3C. It's more than awkward if they are able to stop in 2H hearts because the 2C bid was accepted.


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> Richard Hills
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