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West North East South
Pass 1NT X Pass (after some hesitation)
Pass 2C(Alert) Pass 2S
X

TD was called by East after the bidding had ended. The board was allowed to be played in 2 S X by South making 6 tricks giving E/W a score of 500. It was subsequently changed to an adjusted score of 800 to E/W (Contract 1 NTX by North making 4 tricks).

That all seems reasonable.

N/S are playing some form of Halmic, but I don't think the one where Pass forces redouble.
North has 4-2-3-4. South interpreted 2C as Staymanish (it wasn't!).
The hesitation suggests that one (or more) of three things may have happened:
(a) S was having difficulty remembering the system
(b) S had a difficult choice of bid; or
(c) S may not have made the right bid according to the system.
It seems to me that in all cases North has a logical alternative in Pass,
however the hesitation does not SPECIFICALLY suggest bidding 2C.
So a counter argument has been put forward.
N does have UI,
however that does not 'demonstrably suggest' any specific action,
therefore N is free to do bid as he/she chooses.

Does anyone buy the counter argument?

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