A balance is a bid which must be made to prevent the opponents from taking the contract. For example, after the sequence: 1â  - Pass - 2â  - Pass-Pass) ? this last person has a choice between passing (and hence letting the opponents play 2â ) and bidding (called balancing in this situation).
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In fact, there are so many people in jail because of this law, that a lot of dangerous felons (you know, murders and rapist and child molesters and assaulters and all sorts of nasty types) were being released early to make room for pot smokers, basically.