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Incorrectly announced transfer and the confusion it caused..

#1 User is offline   keledor 

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Posted 2012-April-11, 03:53

Playin in the EBU Spring sim pairs (board 9) we had the following hand and bidding


hv=pc=n&s=sj7h643dq6ckj9432&w=sa54hkq5dkjt985cq&n=skq93ha972d74cat7&e=st862hjt8da32c865&d=n&v=e&b=9&a=1np2np3cpp3dp3sppp]399|300|2NT announced as transfer to minors*[/hv]

The 2NT bid was not alerted but as West was about to bid - North announced it as transfer to minors.

3 Clubs not alerted as relay and pass or correct.

North / South are a genuinely inexperienced pair and when East queried the 2NT bid a little more was told it was both minors. I as west knew it was only Clubs but I can't say anything.

East thought 3 Diamonds as a result was a cue (ie that the 2NT was both minors...) and so ended up in 3 Spades.

If North didnt announce and just alert I'd just bid 3Ds anyway.

How do you get out of this mess as a TD!
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Posted 2012-April-11, 04:15

View Postkeledor, on 2012-April-11, 03:53, said:


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2NT announced as transfer to minors*


It looks as if E/W were entitled to the explanation that 2NT showed 1 minor and 3C was to play opposite clubs. It appears that West would still bid 3D and East would Pass, so an adjustment to EW +110 looks appropriate.

A gentle reminder to NS to alert minor suit transfers and rebids (and to agree what 2NT is).
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Posted 2012-April-11, 05:08

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It looks as if E/W were entitled to the explanation that 2NT showed 1 minor and 3C was to play opposite clubs. It appears that West would still bid 3D and East would Pass, so an adjustment to EW +110 looks appropriate.

A gentle reminder to NS to alert minor suit transfers and rebids (and to agree what 2NT is).

Are EW automatically deemed to get the diamonds right ? Isn't N 2:1 or more to hold Q so should there be some split between 3= and -1 ?
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Posted 2012-April-11, 06:19

View PostCyberyeti, on 2012-April-11, 05:08, said:

Are EW automatically deemed to get the diamonds right ? Isn't N 2:1 or more to hold Q so should there be some split between 3= and -1 ?

Yes. Good point.

I could claim that the commentary says "is difficult see how he can make anything other than nine tricks" and as the commentator is another EBU TD, I have some backing for my ruling. But I suspect that at least one of us did not give the matter enough thought. :)
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Posted 2012-April-11, 11:54

View PostCyberyeti, on 2012-April-11, 05:08, said:

Are EW automatically deemed to get the diamonds right ? Isn't N 2:1 or more to hold Q so should there be some split between 3= and -1 ?

Depends how much you can find out about opener's hand. The play might easily reveal he has 13 HCP outside trumps. But yes, some weighted score between the two possibilities.
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Posted 2012-April-11, 15:33

I agree with the weighted AS of 3 making and down 1, but don't we think that bidding 3 with the West hand -knowing that East will think it shows both majors- is a SEWoG?

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Posted 2012-April-12, 07:55

View PostTrinidad, on 2012-April-11, 15:33, said:

I agree with the weighted AS of 3 making and down 1, but don't we think that bidding 3 with the West hand -knowing that East will think it shows both majors- is a SEWoG?

EW are entitled to a correct explanation of NS's agreements. If the correct agreement of 2NT is "takeout into a long minor" then that is the explanation EW are presumed to get and West can bid a natural 3 with impunity. If the actual agreement is "both minors" then again that is the explanation EW are presumed to get and, despite what he claims, I don't think West would now bid 3 if there was any chance that partner might interpret this as a cue-bid.

EW have to steer clear of (unwittingly, I'm sure), varying their defence so that 3 means one thing when West has first asked for an explanation of an alerted 2NT, and quite another when no explanation is asked for.
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Posted 2012-April-12, 08:05

Oh wait... I assumed for my reaction that West had the information that 2NT showed both minors before he bid 3. In that case, I think 3 is a SEWoG.

But upon rereading, it may be so that West bid 3 with the information "transfer to the minors" and that East got the explanation "both minors" right before he bid 3. If that is the case then obviously 3 was not even close to a SEWoG.

Maybe the OP can clarify what information West had when he bid 3?

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Posted 2012-April-24, 17:53

View PostRMB1, on 2012-April-11, 06:19, said:

I could claim that the commentary says "is difficult see how he can make anything other than nine tricks" and as the commentator is another EBU TD, I have some backing for my ruling. But I suspect that at least one of us did not give the matter enough thought. :)

Having played in Sim Pairs with booklets for forty years I cannot tell you how often I have been annoyed by statements as to the number of tricks, sometimes by commentators who are extremely good players. I remember Brian Senior writing "4 cannot be made" and a beginner in my club didn't like to draw trumps so he ruffed everything in sight, including some winners he did not know were winners, executing a perfect trump coup on his way to ten tricks. Grrrrr. If that Brian Senior ever comes near me ......
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