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    The appeal involved a 20-second break in tempo (BIT) by South before doubling 4♥. The director ruled the BIT did not demonstrably suggest bidding over passing. The committee believed the BIT indicated a desire to bid rather than defend, and changed the result to 4♥ doubled, down 1. Commentators disagreed on whether inferences could be drawn about South's intentions from the BIT. Some felt the committee overstepped, while others supported correcting the director's ruling.

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    The appeal involved a 20-second break in tempo (BIT) by South before doubling 4♥. The director ruled the BIT did not demonstrably suggest bidding over passing. The committee believed the BIT indicated a desire to bid rather than defend, and changed the result to 4♥ doubled, down 1. Commentators disagreed on whether inferences could be drawn about South's intentions from the BIT. Some felt the committee overstepped, while others supported correcting the director's ruling.

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    The appeal involved a 20-second break in tempo (BIT) by South before doubling 4♥. The director ruled the BIT did not demonstrably suggest bidding over passing. The committee believed the BIT indicated a desire to bid rather than defend, and changed the result to 4♥ doubled, down 1. Commentators disagreed on whether inferences could be drawn about South's intentions from the BIT. Some felt the committee overstepped, while others supported correcting the director's ruling.

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    APPEAL NABC+ NINE

    Subject Unauthorized Information (UI) - Tempo


    DIC Steve Bates
    Event Mixed BAM Teams
    Session First Qualfying
    Date July 24, 2008

    BD# 34 Alex Kolesnik


    VUL N/S ♠ JT3
    DLR East ♥ 4
    ♦ QJ864
    ♣ A632
    Carreen Hinds Mark Bartusek
    ♠ Q94 ♠ K72
    ♥ A96 Summer 2008 ♥ KQJT8753
    ♦ T932 Las Vegas, NV ♦ K7
    ♣ T74 ♣
    Ellen Anten
    ♠ A865
    ♥ 2
    ♦ A5
    ♣ KQJ985

    West North East South Final Contract 5♥ doubled by East


    1♥ Dbl Opening Lead ♣K
    2♥ Dbl 4♥ Dbl1 Table Result Down 2, E/W -300
    Pass 5♦ 5♥ Dbl Director Ruling 5♥dbld E, down 2, E/W -300
    Pass Pass Pass Committee Ruling 4♥ dbld E, down 1, E/W -100

    (1) Break in tempo (BIT), No stop card used by East.

    The Facts: The director was called at the conclusion of play. All parties at the table
    agreed that there was about a 20 second hesitation preceding the double of 4♥ by South.

    The Ruling: The BIT did not demonstrably suggest that bidding would be advantageous
    compared to passing. This was based on the possibility that South was debating double
    versus pass in which case bidding on might turn a plus into a minus.
    In accordance with Law 16, the table result of 5♥ doubled, down two, E/W minus 300
    was allowed to stand.

    The Appeal: Only East attended the hearing. He contended that the slowness of South’s
    second double suggested a desire to bid, therefore, bidding is demonstrably suggested.
    The Decision: The committee believed that an in tempo double would indicate normal
    shape (4234) and extra values. An out of tempo double indicates a desire to bid
    something else – not a desire to defend. Because of that, the committee decided that the
    BIT demonstrably suggested bidding and that pass was a logical alternative (LA). In
    accordance with Law 12C2, the most favorable result that was likely for the non-
    offending side and the most unfavorable result that was at all probable for the offending
    side were both 4♥ doubled, down one, E/W minus 100 and N/S plus 100.

    The Committee: Aaron Silverstein (Chair), Jerry Gaer, Abby Heitner, Chris Moll and
    Michael Rosenberg.

    Commentary:

    Goldsmith North is due a 1/4 board procedural penalty (PP) for bidding 5♦. That
    looks egregious to me. Otherwise, the committee got it right.

    Polisner Excellent committee decision.

    Rigal Strongly disagree; no inferences are available as to what South was


    thinking about. Not for the first time in this set, committees draw
    inferences as to what the player might have been thinking about, and
    decide that the tempo demonstrably suggests that (it may also be relevant
    that N/S are a scratch partnership and so have no partnership experience of
    each other’s tempo) . Leave the table result in place.

    Smith I’m not sure I accept that this slow double indicates a desire to bid
    something else. Law 16 states that partner’s freedom of action is
    restricted if the huddle “demonstrably suggests” one direction over
    another. I don’t think that standard is met here, so I agree with the
    original ruling by the directors.

    Wildavsky It seems obvious to me that a slow double suggests a hand with


    reservations about defending doubled. Surely a tournament director should
    obtain input from expert players before making such a ruling in a National
    event, especially one where he must suspect his ruling will be
    controversial. The appeals committee corrected an injustice.

    Wolff A subjective but very reasonable ruling.

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