Bidding went -
W N E S
p 1D P 1S
1NT* X 2S* P
2NT X 3C P
P P
Director called at the end of auction.
When West bid the 1NT after initially passing, ops asked East what the re-opening 1NT point count was. WEST replied "I made a mistake when I passed".
After East bid 2S, South asked West what it meant and was told, "she is showing a stopper in spades". West then bid 2NT, North doubled, and East bid 3C.
After three passes, the director was called and East said that her partner had made a mistake (another one !) giving information about the 2S bid, which was actually a transfer to the minors - forcing 3C, leave or correct.
They played the hand and made 9 tricks in clubs.
This is the area of directing I find the most difficult (because I am not that good a player) - but I took the bid back to 2NT X and making 5 tricks. My feeling was that after East bid 2S and West went to 2NT, that East should not have bid again.
A secondary question that I was asked was what, if anything, could the director do if West had called as soon as she realised that she should have made an opening bid. I asked her when she woke up, and she said not until it came back to her after the 1S bid by South. I felt that if she had realised before her partner had called, that there MAY have been a case for unintentional pass - however, I feel that she always meant to pass, just hadn't counted her cards properly.
Help !