Re: ACBL San Diego (Fall 2017) Casebook case R5

In this R5 case South perpetrated a Law 73E2 deceptive hesitation against East’s slam, causing declarer to misguess and go one off. According to the DIC not only South did not know the Laws, but also South did not know the proverb “ignorance of the Law is no excuse”, hence the North-South appeal against the adjusted score of 1430.

The panel correctly assigned an Appeal Without Merit Warning to North-South and even more correctly assigned an educative Procedural Penalty to North-South. My only (minor) quibble with the entire process is perhaps the initial Director ruling could also have incorporated the PP.

“What is rewarded is what gets done.” If South was never penalised for treating Bridge like Poker, then South would have a continuing incentive to refuse to learn the Duplicate rules.

Best wishes,

Richard Hills

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