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fORCING? ACBL

#1 User is offline   Ethel 

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Posted 2010-July-21, 20:45

The opening bidder: 3C
LHO Pass
Partner (Responder) 3D
RHO Pass
Opener Pass


Is the 3D forcing and by which law if it is? Thank you


If it is NOT Forcing - is it Alertable?
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  Posted 2010-July-21, 20:56

You can agree to play it forcing or not as you please: the Laws do not tell you how to play bridge. Forcing is more normal, but you do not have to follow normal practice if you do not want to.

Offhand I cannot remember ACBL alerting in this situation, but I think it sensible to alert it because people expect it to be forcing.
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Posted 2010-July-21, 21:18

If it is not forcing, it is alertable.
This is what the ACBL Alert regulation says about it:

Below game, non-forcing natural suit responses to preemptive openings require an Alert.
http://www.acbl.org/...procedures.html
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Posted 2010-July-22, 02:00

I might add that even if it is agreed to be forcing, passing it is not an infraction of law (though it will be hard on partnership trust).
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