For me, 2S would show values, and 3S is also values but with more spades so typically 5 or 6 where as 2S could be 4

I like support doubles but not necessary, but playing the X as penalty seems very strange. I would not recommend…

3D denies 3S

You click Two places to play? Or other if it is isn’t two places?

I lead the heart Ace, it was wrong, and pd wasn't happy…

When I pre-empt these hands I usually get doubled and make it haha.

Isn’t the finesse for the 13th trick?

Here’s a very uncommon defense that works very well imo: X=16+ this way when you have a good hand you don’t miss a game… 1d for majors and 1nt through 2s is Woolsey.

Don’t think so… Once you get to the ruff in sluff in diamonds, you can ruff a heart back to your hand and then squeeze West in spades and hearts, right?

They said an eighth of a board

They can be appealed, but as Ray quoted it seemed that a committee can’t overrule the directors ruling.

Just to be clear, I didn’t really care about coming like 14/15 it didn’t really matter to me. It just seemed like a possible issue and wanted to hear what others thought about it…

The reason I included both was because they seem to both be the director’s opinions, but I know more about the PT’s than ZT’s since I have only gotten a PT. It seems like you can appeal the ruling but from what I had seen it is less effective(not that I tried to) than a standard appeal.Also, I think the ruling against me was a disciplinary penalty.

It wasn’t the ruling that was the big deal… It just seemed odd that there was no way to appeal these rulings.

I used possibly incompetent director because there are some incompetent tournament directors.

The same thing, I was just giving a sample auction, basically any time you bid 1s and then rebid 3s it shows a slam try with long spades, but this time it isn’t setting trumps

You have shown 6+ spades and whatever you evaluate to being invitational, 1s denies having a game invitational hand with long spades and 1♥ 1♠ 1nt 3♠ shows a slam try with single suited spades. Are you saying that you think your hand is worth a slam try, or a weak hand with long spades? 2s shows the same thing as a typical 1X 1S 1nt 3s in standard, would you bid this hand differently than that in standard?

Double should show a good defensive hand and presumably denies diamond shortness

In my opinion north has an automatic 2nt opener, so anything after that I don’t care too much about.