Dave Flower wrote
>On Apr 22, 1:180 >> 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
>
>Having read the several comments posted, it seems that the ruling was
>probably correct.
>
>Perhaps the EBU should consider post-alerting Gerber ?
What for?
If the pair concerned hid their CC, why did this pair not call the TD
and tell him?
You want post-alerting because the rules are not being followed,
despite the fact we know post-alerting does not work?
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