mrdct, on 2012-June-24, 15:17, said:
As far as I can see, the regs don't deal with whether or not the TD should allow us to discuss a defense; so I was wondering if there was anything in the Laws that did.
Nothing in the Laws allows communication between partners during a hand for fairly obvious reasons.
mrdct, on 2012-June-24, 15:17, said:
The reason I asked about the UI implications is that my RHO actually suggested at the end of the hand that my side may have used UI to get to our game as I apparently would only have called the TD if I had some values. I thought that was rubbish, and indeed a tad offensive, as if I had an absolute yarborough it probably would've been even more important to that clarify with partner how I'm going to distinguish between a weak hand and strong hand if partner doubles (e.g. would lebensohl still applied even though 2♠ is unanchored).
I believe you should have recalled the TD and told him what was said and told the TD that this remark was upsetting to you personally since it impugned your ethics. At this level I believe a DP should be automatic.
glen, on 2012-June-24, 17:37, said:
Australia might want to align more with the WBF BS:
Why? There is no reason that the American approach is best, and the fact that the WBF have been persuaded to adopt the American approach is no reason why anywhere else should.
mrdct, on 2012-June-25, 01:10, said:
I put this problem to one of Australia's top TDs who opined:
"I might let an unprepared pair confere if this came up in a 2 or 3-board Mitchell or Howell encounter. However in an environment involving longer matches, I would have expected any pair worth their salt to have already made themselves aware of the opponent's 2-level structure before they started the match and I would thus be much more reluctant, especially in respect to something as common as an RCO".
But you did, so the TD is wrong. It is not your responsibility to assume they have made a mistake in filling out their SC. You checked to see if there was a BS: there was not: thus you checked as far as you needed to about their Twos.