[blml] L25A or not [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Guthrie]

[Herman]
I was convinced that there had been a mechanical  error. I may of course 
have been wrong in my conviction, but surely it is not
possible on blml to go re-evaluating my "feel at the table".

[Laval]
Right Herman. That is what I felt about you "feeling" when first reading your post... and wrote "where is the trap?". Most of the time the TD gets the right "feeling" at table and can "read in mind".

[Nigel]
Some players are worried about laws that rely heavily on judgement, perhaps unnecessarily, such as those that allow favoured players to correct mechanical errors. It is human nature to more readily believe a self-serving statement by a friend than by a foe; and it is hard to dispute such a judgement. It may comfort a director to believe that "most of the time the TD gets the right 'feeling' at table" but that confidence isn't shared by all players :(

IMO the law should rely as little as possible on subjective judgement. For example, normally a player shouldn't be allowed to retract a mechanical error to which attention has been drawn -- unless his opponents ask the director and the director agrees.