16.2 of the
Conditions of Contest includes the following: '
the alerted player must
acknowledge by returning the Alert Card to his opponent.' It is clear that an
alert has only been made correctly when the opponent acknowledges it, so in
this case South did not alert West correctly.
Dissenting opinion (Rich Colker, David
Stevenson): It seems even more likely that West will pass if he knows the
diamonds are on his left than on his right, and it is difficult to see how the
misinformation affected his pass: at least for East/West it would seem right to
leave them with their -380. This would certainly be proper in a matchpoint or
VP-scored event.
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