pran Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Your teammate was asked his intent before anyone else had called over his 3C. He gave the answer that he intended to make a skip bid. The TD should have allowed (ordered) a 4C bid under 25A at that point and let life go on from there, rather than letting play continue with the 3C bid and adjusting later. The result would have been the same, apparently; but it would make sense and have a basis in law. Or perhaps it would have been worse for your teammates depending on what 4C means over 2D. 27A rules about conventional meanings of replacement bids would not apply, since 3C wasn't insufficient and wasn't intended anyway. I think the TD accidentally gave your side the best of it.I fully agree With Ed, there was no reason for any adjustment here: 1: The STOP card is not part of any call and the only call made was 3♣2: No player can be "ordered" to change a (legal) call made on the ground that he intended a different Call. Law 25A says "may", not "must".3: The statement that he intended to make a skip bid is stronger evidence of believing that 3♣ would be a skip bid over the previous call than that he intended to actually bid 4♣ (or any other indeed skip bid). If I had the power I would question this director's qualifications and seriously consider revoking his license as director. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMB1 Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 I have seen people use bidding cards to pick up dropped ash from cigarettes. ... OT I haven't seen cigarettes at a table (except a garden table) for nearly 10 years, at a bridge table for 20? years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 OT I haven't seen cigarettes at a table (except a garden table) for nearly 10 years, at a bridge table for 20? years. There was still smoking at the YC and the Woodberry well after that, but I never saw anyone use a bidding card to pick up ashes from the table. Bridge in the Netherlands seems to be a sort of Wild West affair though, so I imagine that lots of things happen there which are unheard of elsewhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Bridge in the Netherlands outside the British Islands seems to be a sort of Wild West affair though, so I imagine that lots of things happen there which are unheard of elsewhere!FYPDutch bridge culture is actually not that bad. I have seen worse elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 s/ashes/cake or cookie crumbs/ Either way, makes me wince! We have one person who, for dexterity reasons, uses the STOP card to lift cards from dummy to play them. I don't think that's a call either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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