I wonder what it takes to get "one strike" called? There are plenty of Johnnie Cochrans out there, who use courtroom histrionics to obfuscate the facts, and manage to get guilty clients free. We don't need that.
There may be a distinction between having an attorney "representative" and an attorney "advisor." The former would risk turning the proceeding into an adversarial one; the latter would help protect the accused's rights. So I say let the attorney be present, but able to speak only to the accused ...
Not knowing that a 2D by South would be new minor game forcing over North's 2C rebid, my partner bid 2H as a way of moving the auction along. Having the 4th suit (diamonds) stopped, I naturally bid 3NT. East, deterred from leading a heart, led a 4th best ...
I disagree with the suggestion that N balance with 1NT. North wants a diamond lead if East becomes declarer. The way to get that is to balance with 2D. Risky, yes. But worth the risk at matchpoints. East continued to 2S, my partner led a diamond, and when the smoke ...
Under what circumstances would responder not have room for two bids after 2D? Given that opener's rebid will be forcing for one round (excepting a 2NT rebid), there is no reason for opener to rebid higher than 3D (which should be avoided if possible. So, at the second turn ...
Given the magic hand you postulate, playing Jacoby 2NT, opener would rebid 3D, after which responder would show the heart A to launch the slam investigation, easily arriving in 6S.
Given the second hand, using the Wilson 2NT, the auction would go 1S - 2NT; 3C (minimum) - 3D (tell me more ...
I don't understand the advantage of using 2H as a double negative. It conveys no more or less information than using cheaper minor as the double negative, and opener can jump to the right contract over the cheaper minor just as with 2H. And using 2H comes with a ...
This hand illustrates why I like Mike Lawrence's 2/1 approach to opener's rebid. He recommends that rebidding the major at the 2 level (2H here) says nothing except "I have no better bid, partner, please tell me more about your hand." South can then bid 2S and ...