[blml] why no convention card?

[Eric Landau]

At 12:18 PM 3/31/07, Steve wrote:

> > From: Eric Landau <ehaa at starpower.net>
> >   Tim's opponents are absolutely entitled to the knowledge
> > that when Tim bid 4S, he didn't care whether partner's bid was weak or
> > strong.
>
>Are you sure, Eric?  It seems odd to me.  Tim might bid 4S with any of
>the following reasons:
>1) I don't care.
>2) I'm betting partner is weak.
>3) I'm betting partner is strong.

I stand corrected -- I should have written "didn't know" rather than 
"didn't care".  Of course, as Steve points out, one may choose *not* to 
hedge one's uncertainty, but rather to make a risky "all or nothing" 
bet on what partner holds.  The opponents are entitled to know of your 
dilemma, but not which strategy you have chosen to try to deal with it.


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