Re: Toronto 2017 case R6

Herman De Wael <[email protected]> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:45:55 +0100
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I consider his mention as "I will be bidding at my turn" not as a bid, 
but as an extraneous remark.

brian wrote:
> On 02/22/2018 09:26 PM, David Grabiner wrote:
>> The Director is within his rights to adjust the score.  North
>> committed an infraction, and since the Laws do not provide a specific
>> redress for this infraction, the Director should make a ruling which
>> restores equity.
>>
> 
> I understand that the fact that this is at the seven level makes
> things a little unusual, but under more normal circumstances, would
> there not be some logic to treating North's announcement as a bid out
> of rotation?
> 
> 
> Brian.
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 8:56 PM, Richard Hills <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>      The Appeals Committee applied a Disciplinary Penalty of 4 Victory
>>      Points to North's side. But the question I am interested in is
>>      whether or not the Director exceeded their powers in adjusting the
>>      score.
>>
>>      Best wishes,
>>
>>      Richard Hills
>>
>>      Sent from my iPad
>>
>>      > On 23 Feb 2018, at 3:10 AM, Bill Kemp <[email protected]
>>      <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>      >
>>      > No consideration of a disciplinary penalty for disrupting the
>>      auction?
>>      > Bill
>>      >
>>      > Sent from my iPad
>>      >
>>      >> On 22 Feb 2018, at 13:50, Richard Hills <[email protected]
>>      <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>      >>
>>      >> In an auction which was competitive up to the 7-level, East has
>>      just bid 7D. Before South has a chance to generate UI by breaking
>>      tempo, North forestalled South's break-in-tempo by announcing
>>      that, "I am bidding 7S no matter what you do." Now relieved of any
>>      burden of responsibility, South is able to double 7D in tempo. As
>>      advertised, North converts to 7S, which is cold for 13 tricks, +2210.
>>      >>
>>      >> The Director ruled:
>>      >>
>>      >> A) Without North's extraneous remark, South would have broken
>>      tempo before doubling 7D.
>>      >> B) Defending 7Dx was a logical alternative to bidding 7S.
>>      >> C) The hypothetical break-in-tempo demonstrably suggested
>>      removing to 7S.
>>      >> D) Hence the score was adjusted to 7Dx -800.
>>      >>
>>      >> The Appeals Committee ruled:
>>      >>
>>      >> Y) Without South actually breaking tempo, North does not
>>      actually hold any Unauthorized Information, hence North can choose
>>      any call.
>>      >> Z) Thus the table score of 7S +2210 was restored.
>>      >>
>>      >> Best wishes,
>>      >>
>>      >> Richard Hills
>>      >>
>>      >> Sent from my iPad
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