[blml] Is this a psych?

[Alain Gottcheiner]

At 12:22 14/04/2007 +0100, Tim West-Meads wrote:
>Herman wrote:
>
> > This is not a psyche. It is an asking bid. The correct explanation of
> > this bid should be "partner, please tell me more about your hand". If
> > it is described as "strong asking relay" then that is a wrong
> > explanation.
>
>It is perfectly possible that the pair have an agreement that 2N is a
>strong asking relay which the 2N bidder has decided to psych.  As in any
>case where the bid is claimed to be a deliberate misrepresentation of
>the hand we examine the subsequent actions of psycher's partner (e.g.
>does he subsequently pass in a sequence that would be forcing opposite a
>strong relay such as 2D-(p)-2N-(3H)-3S-(4H)-P-P-?).

This sequence isn't forcing. The commitment level is 3 of opener's major.