[blml] hesitation, less than 20 seconds

[Alain Gottcheiner]

At 09:03 25/10/2006 -0700, you wrote:

>Hmmm.  Most likely, as I understand the story, N-S have acted quickly
>throughout the whole auction.  West has done nothing about it until
>his fifth bid, after a Blackwood response shows that his side holds
>all the key cards, at which time he suddenly decides this would be a
>good time to "adjust the tempo back to normal" which he has the right
>to do according to the above CoC paragraph.  Is this *really* how the
>WBF wants directors to rule?

Probably not. However, if I were on the opposite side, this would probably 
be the moment when I'd choose to apply a bit of random slow tempo.
So, after all, the tempo doesn't reveal much.

Regards

   Alain