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Dan Neill

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inadvertency ( 22:50:37 SatMay 10 2003 )
Country: USA

Hi all,
Using bidding boxes, I know that leniency is very often extended to claims of inadvertency.

First, does the fact that a defender notices an insufficient/improper call before the caller affect the judgement of inadvertency (caller just sits there and opps eventually say something, e.g.)?

Also, when the director talks with the caller away from the table, should he use the actual hand to help determine the actual intent of the caller (the hand supports the unlikelihood of the original bid given, e.g.)?

Thanks,
Dan

  
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Re: inadvertency ( 00:06:21 MonMay 12 2003 )
Law 25A has two elements: timing and inadvertence. To make a change the call must be inadvertent, and it must be made without pause for thought, and before partner next calls.

The pause for thought is from the realisation of the error, and it does not matter what triggered that realisation, for example a question from opponents. It is also completely normal for the TD to be sympathetic to the player trying to make a change on whether a pause has occurred. But this only affects the timing, not the inadvertence.

When the TD is deciding inadvertence he needs to find out what the player intended at the time he made the call. But he should never look at the actual hand, nor ask what is in it.



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