On Apr 22, 5:18=A0am, Dave Flower <DavJFlo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Last night my partyner and I were totally fixed on a board, and it is
> not clear what redress, if any, we had.
>
> Essentially, a four club bid by the opponents sounded natural (it was
> not a jump, no suit had been agreed and no trump had never been bid.
> Neither of us realised that it was Gerber, and we consequently
> misdefended.
>
> In fact, the opponents did not produce a convention card (although
> they apparently had one squirreled away), but even if one had been
> produced,l doubt if it would have made any difference.
>
> The bid was not alerted as the EBU requires no alerting above 3NT.
>
> Any comments out there ?
>
> Dave Flower
Presuming that you have plently of experience play tournament bridge
one would think you are going to get no redress for not asking the
opponents about the auction.
Eric Leong
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