[Cyberyeti]

Fluffy, on 2012-August-07, 07:20, said:

yeti, remember partner pased over 1NT initially he cannot have a monster, not even a decent hand for some players

Depends what (1N)-2N means, some people (particularly in the land of the weak no trump) play this as a good 2 suited hand, so x, x, KJxxxx, Axxxx has to pass initially, this is not uncommon in the UK.

[lamford]

mink, on 2012-August-07, 02:14, said:

In all cases where a non-agreed method was imagined, UI that reminds the player of the actual method cannot be handled without implying your wording of the law. If we take literally what the law says, this would be in contradiction to the principles stated earlier in law 16A and in law 73C. Law 16B1b is technical detail. If this obviously does not make sense if taken literally in this case, it must be okay to assume what was clearly intended.

Except that the literal interpretation also works (the player decides on LAs based on his actual methods - he already has had the disadvantage of having misbid). I have no problem with TDs deciding what the Laws should say, not what they do, and applying the Laws in that way. Better, however, to get them right in the first place.