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In another response you mentioned these were C players with 'no masterpoints'. For THEM, in my estimation, it is inconceivable not to play in a 9-card major suit fit when such is located via the transfer. It may even be that they had no agreement and that the transfer announcement was made in confusion; I don't expect a reasonable player to agree to a method where after a 2C opening, the weaker hand is made declarer on purpose. However, if it can be ascertained that their agreement was 'transfer', then - as said above - it is odd that they stayed in 3NT. But that is what C-player bridge often is, odd. Nevertheless, the TD owes the players an investigation into facts also in cases where he rules "no adjustment, result stands".

On the contrary, the regulation explicitly says the examples are "not exhaustive".

I think in your cases that I here label 1, 2, and 3, takeout doubles are never alerted, penalty doubles alerted in cases 1 and 2, because it is both highly unexpected and highly unusual to not have a "standard" (don't you just hate that word) negative double available. In case 3, both penalty and takeout doubles are common so if somebody needs to know, he better ask the meaning of the Double. The base rule is indeed as you stated: Doubles, redoubles and passes are not alerted, except... etc. Another example is 1NT (2D) Dbl. All of Penalty, Takeout, Card-showing, and even the hideous "Stolen Bid Double" are common among ACBL players and not alerted. Unexpected meaning IMO would be "Dbl shows spades and minor" or something else that is indeed unexpected, thus alerted. Another example (2H) Dbl, where Dbl is penalty. This is unexpected in ACBL and alerted. A shorter answer to your question is: there is no clear line drawn in the sand. But the spirit of the ACBL alert regulation - ctually, it is also the the letter because it is written in the regulation - requires an Alert, if in doubt whether a call is alertable or not.

How do I see my profile on web client? This may seems like a stupid question but I assure you it is a real one.

No, I have no idea how to access that information.

I am trying to get used to the web version of BBO and this morning tried to sign up to play in the Free Express Fun. I got a message that was (from memory) peachy: Blocked - historical percentage of this tournament completion too low. Pretty weird. I have played in it once, maybe twice not sure, in the last couple of months, and I am quite sure I finished; of course I could be wrong, but I am not a quitter. Could this be resolved somehow?

The first one is whatever you have agreed for it to be, penalty, takeout, or cards. There are only the minors to take out into, surely we don't plan on playing in a major opposite known 5-5 majors. As to Lebensohl, nearly everybody advanced and up plays it and will so assume without agreement. Regardless of what the first double was, the second is penalty.

The first one is whatever you have agreed for it to be, penalty, takeout, or cards. There are only the minors to take out into, surely we don't plan on playing in a major opposite known 5-5 majors. As to Lebensohl, nearly everybody advanced and up plays it and will so assume without agreement. Regardless of what the first double was, the second is penalty.

In one match of a 7-board club level Swiss teams, where boards where shuffled at beginning of each round, the first table that played a board (let's say Board 2) had EW have 14 and 12 cards. Or in any case, that is how the cards arrived to the other table where the players counted their cards before looking at them. EW at first table played 2NT making three, though they clearly should have been in 3NT. I have no idea how the mistake was not noticed during the play, or when dummy appeared, but there might have been some post-mortem (I know the players involved are 99.99% likely to have one because they always do). Director ruled that the board be reshuffled, result of Table 1 voided, and then the "new" Board 2 be played at both tables. There was no PP or other consequences to the EW at table 1, whose fault the 12/14 appears to be. Is that ruling one of the options a TD has? I am too lazy to look myself, I hope y'all don't mind answering. Thx.

Here is an article on Steve Robinson's web page, where several experts discuss this very topic http://www.districtsix.org/Articles/Article%202006-06.aspx

Of course there are different flavors here as well as elsewhere. You stated what standard is. I didn't agree it is standard, that's all, trust me you will notice when/if I am grumpy :) PS. For those who play SAYC, the writeup says 4-4 = normally 1D, 3-3 = normally 1C.

There are only 12 cards, what the 13th card is, might change the plans. I assume the diamond is still singleton.

Values, but without 4-card hearts.

This is not Not standard in US.

The asker could have waited until dummy shows and would not need then to even ask anything. If asking before final pass, I see it as unethical because it had no effect on what he was bidding, and could only be to alert partner to "lead the diamonds". If a non-diamond lead is a LA, then diamond lead should be ruled as based on UI from the badly timed question.

Pass. Opposite x-KQJ10xx-xxx-xxx 4S has zero chance.

Yes, nicely done! You might take the Neg X away, it is played by everybody regardless of their system. From your footnote I notice you are 14 years old. Please be sure to check the BBO Juniors activities. They have a webpage and weekly Junior tourneys (no charge, partner provided if you don't have one) with expert analyses afterward.

Cascade is correct, on SAYC.

If opener just passes 4NT (which cannot be ace-asking since no trump suit has been agreed), things look a bit better. Responder should bid 1S because that hand is not strong enough for a 2S bid, using nearly any criteria for evaluation of "strong". And then rebid 3S, seriously suggesting spades be trump. Misfits typically take fewer tricks than the combined HCP would indicate. Proceed with caution and take conservastive view.

Also Jacoby 2NT (gameforcing raise of major) is part of SAYC.

In SAYC, open 1C with 3-3 and 1D with 4-4. The shape 4-4-3-2 is the only time that 1D is on three cards. In US, this is the most common style, also when not playing the SAYC other standard American.

Online, you can reject the claim (if you think they made a bad claim) and then play out the hand.

Result stands. If four keycards is not enough for slam, then partner has made a mistake in asking. As TD or AC member, I do not have the right to force anyone to make a call which is based on the assumption that his partner has made a mistake. Passing 5S would be absurd.

I dislike the fact that everything takes so much space, the capstone is wide, there is lots of "air" between everything. I liked the more compact form of the old forums because you could normally read even a lengthy pos without scrolling back and forth. Just telling, since this is the place. Today I noticed there is a "vote" option and I was going to vote a post DOWN because I did not see its relevance/didn't like it. When I tried to press the minus-button, I got administrator message that was something like "You have reached your maximum negative votes for today" although I had never voted on any post before, today or any other day.

Tell us what happened, what was partner's hand.