James, you’re correct. At my teammates table where their 2c opener was deemed illegal, the auction actually led to a contract of 7 hearts. 2c 2d 3h….cue bids …7h. North/south silent. And nothing was said at the table about the 2c opening bid.
Meanwhile at my table ...
Many years ago I was defending an identical position against an international player. Me, holding the queen, west in the diagram, lead with south. After a long tank he called for a card from North. I pounced in to say he was in hand, and we all agreed the lead ...
Thank you all for the ideas. The pair of trophies are probably 40 years old, so we wont be buying 2 more to cater for this type of issue. And extra boards is a bit late!
(I guess you all know ths, you wind-up merchants!).
BAM scoring a possibbility.
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David, thanks for clarifying how your partner saw the boards. And yes it’s quite right that suspicions should kick in, and that this should be drawn to the attention of the Directors.
Quite what they should have done about it at the time? Well, I’ve shared my opinion ...
Everyone wants to string up the Directors - so I'll offer some counterbalance.
I played in one of the middle ranked sections. 3 matches of 9 boards before 6pm, and a further 3 rounds of 9 boards which began at 7.15pm
I reckon the vast majority, if not all ...