Online Misbid then realise it was a misbid.
Just checking my understanding. Online Teams, East opens 1C (strong), South overcalls 1H intended natural but a few seconds later, remembers its H & S systemically so alerts accordingly. Consequently, EW miss their 4S game.
My understanding is that this is just rub of the green and EW have no recourse to damage? If this had happened before, with South forgetting this (unusual overcall) system, would that affect anything? NS are a very regular partnership.
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You are correct that EW have no recourse if South has departed from their agreement, whether deliberately or unintentionally. However, if they have made a habit of this, the TD might rule that their actual agreement is actually something like "hearts, possibly with spades as well". In that case the TD might look at what would have happened if EW had been given that information, and possibly adjust on that basis.
The Blue Book recommendation/regulation