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there's no reference in the laws to fielding. it's an ebu term. the ebu treats these things in a different manner to most countries - think of fielding misbids.

that's the ebu position, hence i edited my original comment to say i consider the ebu's stance to be harsh. i think mostly around the world, the partner of the psycher is allowed to try and work out what's going on when it's obvious that something's not right, and if he thinks the most likely culprit for the nonsensical nature of an auction is partner, he's allowed to take whatever action he sees fit, as long as that assessment isn't based on prior knowledge. the ebu's position seems to assume prior knowledge whenever the partner of a psycher makes a successful judgement. there shouldn't be any need to make such an assumption though - we collect psyche forms (i don't know how these are handled, admittedly) so any prior knowledge should become evident. as for why i think south can work out what's going on here, east is very unlikely to be making a psychic double as it will too often end the auction and result in a large number of doubled overtricks being scored up. this is presuming the double wasn't conventional.

south can work out that someone's at it. it only makes sense for it to be north, so i'd say no problem unless in a jurisdiction which treats fielding of psyches harshly (i'm thinking of england grrrr). obv now they've psyched 2nt twice it's in danger of becoming a partnership understanding, so if a 3rd time comes up i'd be inclined to adjust. i would also be asking them if they had done it before and making sure the national authority's records were checked for a pattern, in case this wasn't only the 2nd time.

i would have invited on both and yes i'd like to be in game on both opposite partner's hand.

not at all tempted to bid

1nt - 2c 2d - 3d 3nt - 4c (anything except 3nt is resulting) and now opener has a great hand in context

Ketamine for North, STAT.

i don't know about the bidding, but the play must have been pretty hot.

i think it's auto to make a try. there's a lot of space between 3nt and slam for us to stop in with our 30+ hcp if things don't pan out.

isn't it supposed to lead 4th highest from 5 card suits v NT?

2♦ 4>3 and when it's right to play 1♠ you always end up playing 3 or 4 possibly doubled.

partner is the one who opened 1♦ and rebid 3♣

why do you feel the need to do anything with this rancid collection?

in america the people playing weak no trump are doing so because they've thought about its tactical consequences. in uk most of the people playing weak no trump are doing so because that's what they learned and they've no idea what the tactical considerations are.

no. there's some pretty serious resulting going on here.

not at all. perhaps someone could make a long meaningless thread about them though.

yes anything other than pass is bizarre. you are permitted to be maximum for your call on occasion.

i would be happy enough bidding 2c, but prefer passing and backing back in with 2nt.

you are entitled to know what he showed, not what he had. obviously we don't really know what it showed, but there's no evidence his description wasn't an accurate reflection of the methods. after all, he did have both spades and diamonds.

by whom, your dad?

[hv=pc=n&s=shk762dajt3ckj652&d=n&v=e&b=9&a=p2np4hp4sdppp]133|200[/hv] in case more people accidentally walk into the expert forum whilst searching for the toilet, I should make it clear that the double is for take-out.

discard - rho can be 2-1 in the majors then i' ll get to ruff a spade later.

pass is clearly a LA

my favourite use for 2♦ is generating pointless discussions.

unsurprisingly many people play a multi 2♣. opening 2♣ just because you have 19-22 points is stupid though, whatever other options are involved.