IMPs. Table result NS 2♦-5, EW+250
SB travelled to Eastbourne to play with RR in the team event, and had a huge swing on this board. SB's preparation for the event consisted mainly in getting RR to memorise the recommended wording on the Blue Book poster, displayed in the Winter Gardens, which showed the changes which came into effect on August 1st, and the Rabbit explained the 2C bid as "a strong artificial opening which may have less high-card strength than traditional strong hands and allowed by agreement to be either or both of any hand of at least 16 HCP or any hand of at least 12 HCP with at least five controls." He barely paused for breath, and the opponents were a bit taken aback by such full disclosure from RR. North's 2D was explained as "any hand with less than 10 HCPs, says nothing about diamonds". SB elected to pass (which of course he intended to do all along) and West could find no sensible way into the auction. The +250 was small recompense for EW for the missed black-suit slam, but West, an elderly gentleman who had retired to Eastbourne some decades ago, was unhappy. "You announced the 2C bid as artificial and strong", he complained,"but South had a sub-minimum weak NT". "Let us move on please," responded SB, "We have seven more boards to play. If you cannot be bothered to read the EBU poster, then there is little point in our giving you such full disclosure".
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