Sjoerds Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 ... Per Law 29A, North is now given the opportunity to accept West's POOT...So you rule that West has POOT (Law 30) but I think you don't need that. Law 24B is clear. The card stays face-up, East must pass when it is his turn to call and the auction goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 So you rule that West has POOT (Law 30) but I think you don't need that. Law 24B is clear. The card stays face-up, East must pass when it is his turn to call and the auction goes on.So you would deny North the opportunity to accept or reject the POOT? Why? It is an infraction, and there's a law to handle it. I don't think you can just choose to ignore that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjoerds Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 So you would deny North the opportunity to accept or reject the POOT? Why? It is an infraction, and there's a law to handle it. I don't think you can just choose to ignore that.Agree .. I overlooked that he passed. I thought he led without passing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantumcat Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 It is a matter of regulation in England/Wales. Alerts without bidding boxes are done by tapping the table. But games without bidding boxes are pretty rare.If you're not using bidding boxes, wouldn't you circle your partner's bid and say "alert"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordontd Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 If you're not using bidding boxes, wouldn't you circle your partner's bid and say "alert"?He specified England & Wales, where written bidding is not used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamford Posted September 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 He specified England & Wales, where written bidding is not used.It was from Pula actually, where bidding boxes were regularly incomplete, and alerts were often by a tap (on that subject we played a Dutch team (future World Champions) in San Remo who alerted by pointing to the bid without any touching of the table, certainly no "loud knock"). On this occasion, South was taking out the alert card as East was passing, and West jumped to the conclusion that it would be green. It turned out to be white with the word "alert" scribbled on it. So, you are right that written bidding was not in use, but only just. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordontd Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 It was from Pula actually, Follow the thread please. I was responding to someone who assumed written bidding, in a reply to David Stevenson, who had told us what the regulations say in England and Wales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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