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- From: an1739@anon.penet.fi ("Professor Who?")
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 12:47:49 GMT
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- To Mike Fagan: if you have not yet received my response (min-NT's) please
- e-mail me at yangboy@math.ntu.edu.tw
-
- Tom Andrews wrote about this sequence:
-
- 1H-2S*-3C**-4D*** * heart raise ** splinter ***splinter
-
- I feel a kind of obligation to respond to this thread since I was the one who
- taught Tom and David this treatment. In any case, two people at least had
- told the net at large that Tom was remiss for not informing the opponents of
- the meaning of 4D, had 2S been natural.
-
- Of course, I should mention that 2S, by Tom's partner, was not alerted,
- and 3C was intended as Natural but alerted and explained (correctly) as
- a splinter. Now Tom explained 4D as a splinter (correctly-- since I knew
- that was how they played) and refused to answer what 4D would be if 2S was
- NAT. Of course, he strove to bid as best as he can as if 2S was NAT.
-
- The opponents have a right to your AGREEMENTS. They have no right to general
- bridge knowledge or your mental working, and no right to any information about
- your HAND. What mistakes you make with your system is between the partners
- and opponents have no recourse as long as they have been appraised of the
- correct agreements...... They can ask, but Tom have no obligation whatever
- to answer; they can also deduce it if they know Tom well or his bidding
- philosophy or habits, but AT THEIR OWN RISK.
-
- Since the auction in question said exactly what the opponents was told
- (or knew) at the end of the auction, there was no damage from infractions
- (the failure to alert 2S was the only one I saw) and no adjustment should
- ever ever be given the opponents. Tom _MAY_ suffer a penalty (procedural)
- if it was judged that he had been too erratic (more than a couple of mistakes
- a session would be about needed) or if the tournament was important enough.
-
- About Rob Buchner's post--- would Rob please write to me (yangboy@math.ntu.
- edu.tw) if he want my opinion on the matter--- I will not join this thing
- in public now that it is a pure flamefest. ANyone else would be welcome
- as well........
-
- Professor Who? at your service.
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