dfm
2018-01-23 21:43:42 UTC
Club game, matchpoints.
You open 1C, a normal 2/1 GF 1C opening, promising at least 3 clubs. There is no alert or announcement.
LHO nevertheless asks partner about the 1C bid. Partner says it's just a normal 1C bid. LHO continues to question partner, who eventually says something about "it might be short", meaning that it might be just 3 cards, because he's not experienced enough to know that "might be short" means "might be fewer than 3".
LHO eventually bids 2C.
Partner asks RHO what this is, because he's curious and nearly always asks, not because he's thinking of bidding anything. RHO says she's not entirely sure, but she thinks it's Michaels. Partner duly passes.
RHO bids 2S.
You pass.
LHO bids 3C. All pass, even though RHO is 5-5 in the majors opposite what she claims to think was a Michaels bid. She doesn't explicitly say anything about changing her view of the 2C bid, now or later, although that's presumably obvious to everyone.
LHO turns out to have 6 clubs. 3C makes, although you could have set it with better defense. Either 3H or 3S would have been down at least one.
Would you call the director? If so, how should the director rule?
You open 1C, a normal 2/1 GF 1C opening, promising at least 3 clubs. There is no alert or announcement.
LHO nevertheless asks partner about the 1C bid. Partner says it's just a normal 1C bid. LHO continues to question partner, who eventually says something about "it might be short", meaning that it might be just 3 cards, because he's not experienced enough to know that "might be short" means "might be fewer than 3".
LHO eventually bids 2C.
Partner asks RHO what this is, because he's curious and nearly always asks, not because he's thinking of bidding anything. RHO says she's not entirely sure, but she thinks it's Michaels. Partner duly passes.
RHO bids 2S.
You pass.
LHO bids 3C. All pass, even though RHO is 5-5 in the majors opposite what she claims to think was a Michaels bid. She doesn't explicitly say anything about changing her view of the 2C bid, now or later, although that's presumably obvious to everyone.
LHO turns out to have 6 clubs. 3C makes, although you could have set it with better defense. Either 3H or 3S would have been down at least one.
Would you call the director? If so, how should the director rule?