On May 1, 7:18 am, John Blubaugh <jbluba...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 1, 8:09 am, henrysun...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Apr 30, 6:28 pm, John Blubaugh <jbluba...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > The head director at the
> > tournament (Kojak) informed Wolff that according to the the extensive
> > rules of the WBF Tournament, Lightner Doubles were indeed alertable.
> > Wolff adjourned the appeals committee and reopened it as a tournament
> > committee and moved that Lightner Doubles would not be alertable at
> > WBF tournaments retroactive to the start of the tournament.
>
> > ************
>
> > I'll start with a disclaimer:
>
> > I wasn't at Albuquerque, haven't read anything about this incident,
> > and have no reason to believe that John is making any of this up. So
> > with the "assuming all of this is true" disclaimer in place,
>
> > this is one of the most disturbing things I've ever read about. In
> > the first place, how dare they change the conditions of contest in the
> > middle of an event and make it retroactive to the beginning of the
> > tournament? Second, how dare they do that and then not invite all
> > 'lightner double' boards into appeal for review for a failure to alert
> > and adjustment?
>
> > And third, why on earth would internationalists need to alert a
> > lightner double of a slam? Us that so unusual and uncommon a
> > convention everywhere except the US that it needs an alert? And if I
> > bid a slam, knew that doubles of slam were not alertable, and had any
> > inkling that I might run to notrump, couldn't I have just asked
> > whether it was lighter or negative slam double or the steven and my
> > favorite convention, 'i know you're going to make it, have a few extra
> > imps on us' double rofl?
>
> > As I said, very disturbing.
>
> > Henrysun909
>
> Henry,
>
> This is all included in the appeals write-up of the committees in
> Albuquerque. Every word was approved by Wolff. I think it is still
> available through the ACBL.
>
> JB
Which year was that, John? Maybe it is available online (I know that
some were, last I checked).
Henrysun909
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