APPEAL no. 16 |

Appeals Committee
Chairman | Bobby Wolff | USA
Members | Grattan Endicott Virgil Anderson Jean-Paul Meyer Chris Compton Tommy Sandsmark | GBR USA FRA USA NOR
Scribe | Tommy Sandsmark | NOR

Event
1998 World Championships
Rosenblum Cup | Qualifying
Countries
Great Britain | v | Great Britain
Players
NS | Wrang | Hallberg
EW | Smith | Czerniewski
Board
Board 24. Dealer West. Love All
| ª | 7 5 3 2 |
© | 5
¨ | A Q 7 5
§ | K Q 7 6
ª | 10 |  | ª | A Q J 8
© | Q 9 7 6 4 3 2 | © | A
¨ | K J 9 3 | ¨ | 4 2
§ | 5 | § | A J 9 8 4 3
| ª | K 9 6 4 |
© | K J 10 8
¨ | 10 8 6
§ | 10 2
West |  | North |  | East |  | South
3© |  | Dble¹ |  | All Pass |  |
¹ Explained from North to East: T/O. Explained from South to West: 'I think we play optional doubles, but I have a classic penalty pass'.
Result
3©*-3: +500
Facts
The first tricks went: §K to the Ace, ¨J to the Queen and ª2 from North. West decided to finesse, for if North had an optional double, he should hold a lot of values, such as ¨AQ, §KQ and the ªK.
TD's Decision
The TD decided that according to the explanation West received from South, the ªK could very well be in South's hand even if the double was meant as optional. Therefore the TD let the table result stand.

Appellants
E/W
Players' Comments
There was no dispute as to the facts. However, West felt that if he had been given the correct information about the double, he could have settled for a safe 1 down instead of trying to win his contract (by taking the ªA and running the ªQ from dummy).

Committee's Comments
If you have all the information necessary and misplay your hand, you should not expect the Appeals Committee to replay the hand for you. For this reason, the TD's decision was upheld, the table result stood and the money was forfeited.
Committee's Decision
The Committee decided that even if South's explanation to West had been wrong, South had volunteered information about his hand which was more than adequate for West to make a correct decision on how to play the board.
Relevant Laws
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Deposit
Returned |
Forfeited | X

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