EBL TD Course 2006
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EBL TD Course 2006
Hesitation and
extraneous information
by Slawek Latala
Law 16.A
...After a player makes available to his partner extraneous information that may suggest a call or play …by unmistakable hesitation… the partner may not choose from among logical alternative actions one that could demonstrably have been suggested over another by the extraneous information...
What kind of information does the hesitation carry in this example?
W N E S
1NT 2 ...2
What kind of partner’s hand can you (as West) expect after hesitation?
a) KJ10xx, Kxx, x, xxxxb) K109xx, xx, Qxx, xxxc) Q9xxxx, xx, xx, xxxd) K10xxx, QJxx, xx, xxe) K109xx, Q10xx, K, xxxx
Is hesitation:
a) encouraging? - H+ b) discouraging? - H- c) unimportant? - H=
H=
Answer the same question in the next cases
W N E S
1 pass 1 pass
1 pass 3 pass
4 pass ...4
Is hesitation:
a) encouraging? - H+b) discouraging? - H-c) unimportant? - H=
W N E S
5 pass 6 all pass
W N E S
pass 11) pass
22) pass 33) pass
34) pass 35) pass
...3NT6
)pass 47) pass
...58) pass 61) 4+2) 5+, 10+3) 5+, 4, 17+4) GF, 5) 2+6) no more, stopper7) pick a game: or 8) 3+
W N E S
1 pass 1 pass
2 pass ...2 pass
3 pass 3NT all pass
W N E S
pass 1 pass 1
pass 1 pass ...1NT
pass 2 pass 2
all pass
What kind of information hesitation carries?What is your decision?
W N E S
pass pass 1 pass
1NT 3 3 3
4 5 5 ...pass
pass 6 pass pass
dbl all pass
Summary When hesitation is 1) H+ 2) H- 3) H=? Define each bid as:1) weak2) average 3) strong
Example
1) – check back2 – 2, minimum2 – 3, maximum2 – 3, minimum2NT – 2, maximum
W N E S
1 pass 1 pass
1NT pass 21) pass
?
W N E S
1NT 2 ...2
average! means? H=
Case 1
Case 2W N E S
1 pass 1 pass
1 pass 3 pass
4 pass ...4
weak! means? H+
Case 3W N E S
pass 1 pass
2 pass 3 pass
3 pass 3 pass
..3NT pass 4 pass
...5 pass 6
strong! means? H-
W N E S
1 pass 1 pass
2 pass ...2 pass
3 pass 3NT pass
weak! means? H+
Case 4
Case 5
average! means? H=
W N E S
pass 1 pass 1pass 1 pass ...1NT
pass 2 all pass
Case 6
strong! means? H-
W N E S
pass pass 1 pass
1NT 3 3 3
4 5 5 ...pass
pass 6 pass pass
dbl all pass