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Points of Bridge Law
There may be no redeal because no player has bid.

Law 22: Procedure after the Auction has closed.

There may be no redeal because no player has bid. The hands are returned to the board without play.

A Director should caution and penalise a pair for improper procedure when they should know better and reshuffle a board without the permission of the Director.

The main reasons for this are:

- a player in 4th seat with a 12 count in Aces and a balanced hand, knowing that a redeal is possible, may throw the hand in, whereas others will open.

- some players in 1st and 2nd seat, especially vulnerable, will not open 'light' on the rule of 19, whereas others will.

- some players, 3rd in hand, especially non-vulnerable against vulnerable, may open very 'light' one of a suit (rule of 18), whereas others will pass - thus if a hand is passed out they would not have had a chance to bid when the board is played later.

- some players will not open a 'light' 1NT in 4th position (11 HCPs), knowing that there is a redeal possible, whereas others will.

AND FINALLY -the score on the board is ZERO (not an average)!

From the World Bridge Federation' guidance to the Laws:

"It is specifically contrary to law 22 to redeal because no player has bid. The hands are returned to the board without play. The intention of the laws is that the hand should comprise random deals; if a board is redealt in these circumstances that defeats the aim of randomness. Furthermore, players are not to impose their own style for opening bids on other players: subject to any system regulations for the tournament, every player has the right to judge for himself/herself what hand he/she will open - and every opponent has the right to punish unsound opening bids, where he/she has an opportunity."

Last updated : 20th Aug 2012 15:59 GMT
Livesey Club Bidding Announcements

Livesey Bridge Club uses a simplified version of the EBU regulations on announcements, as follows:

If your partner opens the bidding with one of the following bids, then you should make an announcement prior to your right hand opponent bidding.

Partner bids:

  • 1NT:  Announce the point range.
  • Stayman over 1NT:  Announce. You now do not need to alert any replies.
  • Transfers over 1NT:  Announce 'hearts' (over 2 diamonds) or 'spades' (over 2 hearts).

ALERTING RULE: Thus you should alert all other conventional bids including two level bids, but you are NOT to alert any bids above 3NT, except artificial opening bids.

SOME REMINDERS: When you arrive at a table at the beginning of a round you should let your opponents know your basic system and the strength of your NT opening. Furthermore, if you alert a bid and the opponents do not ask for an explanation, please do not give one. If you have forgotten the meaning of the conventional bid you DO NOT say "I am taking it as ..." You just admit you have had a memory lapse. Also if you are asked to give an explanation of a conventional bid you must give a reasonably full explanation.

 

The Livesey Bridge Club limits the use of bidding conventions up to and including level 3 (EBU Orange Book), with the exception that opening bids of 1NT and 2NT should have a balanced hand pattern (4-3-3-3, 4-4-3-2 or 5-3-3-2). 1NT is to be in the range 10-19 points (with a 3-point range). With regard to opening weak two or three bids, in any suit, need to be exactly specific about the card length of the bid suit and its point count range; such words as typically, generally, ordinarily, etc are not acceptable as it implies a partnership understanding, not available to the opponents.

Last updated : 20th Aug 2012 16:01 GMT
Conduct and Etiquette

Your committee feel that members should try to refrain from:

  • making any kind of inappropriate remark to partner or opponent during or after the auction or the play of the cards.
  • not bidding or playing the cards "in tempo" - hesitating/pausing.
  • making a gesture with your hands/face, etc during the auction or play of a hand.

Thus, if you feel that any of the above happen at your table over the next couple of months, please call the director, so that they can explain the problems that any of the above actions may caused your opponents or partner.

Please also refer to the "Best Behaviour" section under EBU Information .

Last updated : 20th Aug 2012 16:08 GMT
Claims (by Declarer) & Concessions (by Opponents)

LAWS 68-71.

CLAIM BY DECLARER:-

  • ALL play ceases and players DO NOT reveal their cards.  
  • The opponents do NOT ask the declarer to play on!!
  • Declarer MAKING the claim makes a statement immediately on how he/she intends to play the remaining cards.

IF the claim is contested, the Director must be called and no discussions of the claim should take place.  This includes the defender not advising partner how to defend when he has seen declarer's cards.

 

CONCESSIONS BY OPPONENT(S):-

If a defender immediately objects to his partner's concession, without seeing his/hers or declarer's cards, then play continues.

However, the Director may CANCEL a concession if a player has conceded a trick which his/her side has already won, or a player has conceded a trick that could NOT have been lost by any normal play of the cards.

 

Last updated : 16th May 2017 09:41 GMT