Law 16
Hello, I would like someone to give me a simple and concrete example of the application of Law 16 C.2 please.
Thank you very much
Helene Labreche
East Coast Bays BC
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- Brad Johnston18 Apr 2023 at 04:25PM
It's always easier to quote the actual law you have a question with, rather than just the number.
LAW 16 - AUTHORIZED AND UNAUTHORIZED INFORMATION
C. Information from Withdrawn Calls and Plays
2. For an offending side, information arising from its own withdrawn action and from withdrawn actions of the non-offending side is unauthorized. A player of an offending side may not choose a call or play that is demonstrably suggested over another by unauthorized information if the other call or play is a logical alternative.
On a given board, North is supposed to be dealer. After everyone looks at their cards, West tells South: "Hurry up, it's your bid".
South believes West, and opens 1S; which West passes.Someone then notices that North was the designated dealer, so the TD gets called.
South's 1S opening out of turn is withdrawn, and E/W are the offending side (the side that caused the infraction).
North is allowed to know that South 'has a 1S opener', but East/West are not.
Say North opens 1H, and East has an average 2344 15 count with a H stopper.
If playing natural 1NT overcalls, the East hand demonstrably fits this description - they should make this call.
East is not allowed to know "well, both of my opponents have opening hands and my partner does not - so overcalling 1NT here will lead to a bad result".
East choosing to pass over 1H is a player of the offending side choosing a call which is demonstrably suggested over another logical alternative by unauthorized information. This is something they may not do.
Basically any time someone has a bidding/play decision in spots like this, they're not allowed to make any inspired choices which happen to work well when the UI is factored in.
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