Re: bridge reason for hesitation?

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An unusual case for sure!

I would not adjust your score. Usually, there could be no decision to make
when holding a singleton, just as there could be no decision to make after
partner has bid 7NT. Here you had several decisions, all bridge-related:

   - Whether to accept the lead.
   - Whether to defer the decision on whether to accept to partner.
   - Whether to summon the TD.

For better or worse, there may be situations where by summoning the TD you
lose a right you would have had had you not summoned him. Even if this is
not such a situation, figuring out whether it might be merits
contemplation. Also, if you are as slow a player as I am, it can deserve a
few seconds to decide whether summoning the TD is more likely to speed up
play or slow it down.

On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 1:13 PM Sven Pran <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thinking about whether to call the Director after an irregularity has no
> valid bridge reason.
>
> You are free to think about accepting the irregularity after the Director
> has arrived at the table and explained your options.
> You could however have played (without hesitation and) without calling th=
e
> Director (Law 53A).
>
> Attempting to call your partner's attention to the irregularity is a
> violation of Law 73B1.
>
> Sven
>
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> Wael
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> Emne: [Blml] bridge reason for hesitation?
>
> Declarer is playing 4 hearts.
>
> He takes my opening lead with the ace in dummy.
>
> Next he plays a heart from hand.
>
> I wait for a while, giving partner the chance to accept or not, and
> reflecting whether it is good for me to accept. I have the jack singleton=
,
> with the queen fourth on the table. Thinkin it unlikely that he will
> finesse
> towards his ten, I decide to accept and play the jack, without any furthe=
r
> mention.
>
> At the end of the hand, declarer asks me, "why did you think with the
> singleton jack?". I reply "because you were actually on the table at the
> time, and I was considering whether to accept or not."
>
> Nothing further happened, but it made me wondering:
>
> Is thinking about accepting an irregularity a "valid birdge reson".
> I think it is.
>
> Herman.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">An unusual case for sure!<div><br></div><=
div>I would not adjust your score. Usually, there could be no decision to m=
ake when holding a singleton, just as there could be no decision to make=C2=
=A0after partner has bid 7NT. Here you had several decisions, all bridge-re=
lated:</div><div><ul><li>Whether to accept the lead.</li><li>Whether to def=
er the decision on whether to accept to partner.</li><li>Whether to summon =
the TD.</li></ul><div>For better or worse, there may be situations where by=
 summoning the TD you lose a right you would have had had you not summoned =
him. Even if this is not such a situation, figuring out whether it might be=
 merits contemplation. Also, if you are as slow a player as I am, it can de=
serve=C2=A0a few seconds to decide whether summoning the TD is more likely =
to speed up play or slow it down.</div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_=
quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 1:13 PM=
 Sven Pran &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&g=
t; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0p=
x 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thinki=
ng about whether to call the Director after an irregularity has no<br>
valid bridge reason. <br>
<br>
You are free to think about accepting the irregularity after the Director<b=
r>
has arrived at the table and explained your options.<br>
You could however have played (without hesitation and) without calling the<=
br>
Director (Law 53A).<br>
<br>
Attempting to call your partner&#39;s attention to the irregularity is a<br=
>
violation of Law 73B1.<br>
<br>
Sven<br>
<br>
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Fra: <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">blml-bounc=
[email protected]</a> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_b=
lank">[email protected]</a>&gt; P=C3=A5 vegne av Herman De<br>
Wael<br>
Sendt: mandag 6. mai 2019 09.32<br>
Til: ebltd &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_bl=
ank">[email protected]</a>&gt;; blml &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:blml@r=
tflb.org" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
Emne: [Blml] bridge reason for hesitation?<br>
<br>
Declarer is playing 4 hearts.<br>
<br>
He takes my opening lead with the ace in dummy.<br>
<br>
Next he plays a heart from hand.<br>
<br>
I wait for a while, giving partner the chance to accept or not, and<br>
reflecting whether it is good for me to accept. I have the jack singleton,<=
br>
with the queen fourth on the table. Thinkin it unlikely that he will finess=
e<br>
towards his ten, I decide to accept and play the jack, without any further<=
br>
mention.<br>
<br>
At the end of the hand, declarer asks me, &quot;why did you think with the<=
br>
singleton jack?&quot;. I reply &quot;because you were actually on the table=
 at the<br>
time, and I was considering whether to accept or not.&quot;<br>
<br>
Nothing further happened, but it made me wondering:<br>
<br>
Is thinking about accepting an irregularity a &quot;valid birdge reson&quot=
;.<br>
I think it is.<br>
<br>
Herman.<br>
<br>
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