[blml] Is this a psych?

[Robert Geller]

The classical example of a tactical bid is a deliberate
underbid in the same strain where you hope to buy the 
cntract.  For example, say you hold 
Kxxxxx  x  xxxxx  x

Pard opens 1S and RHO bids 2H.   Anticipating some wild
later bidding many players would deliberately underbid (2S or
3S if 3S is a preempt) in the hopes of buying the contract at a lower level than 
if they jumped to 4S.   This tactical underbidding may or may not 
work, but there's nothing unethical.

-Bob 

Ed Reppert さんは書きました:
>
>On Apr 17, 2007, at 8:12 PM, Nigel wrote:
>
>> *Tactical bid* is a euphemism coined by secretary birds to describe  
>> a *deviation* by an expert.
>
>Pfui. A "tactic" is "a device for accomplishing an end". A "tactical  
>bid" is one which may or may not be systemic (a preempt is a tactical  
>bid), but is designed to accomplish an end - usually that of  
>misleading or obstructing opponents. All psychic bids are thus  
>tactical bids.
>
>A "deviation" is a departure from agreed systemic meaning which does  
>not rise to the category of a psyche (i.e., it is not a *gross*  
>distortion of agreed strength or suit length). It would seem then  
>that if a deviation is done deliberately (as opposed to mistakenly,  
>i.e., a misbid) it too is a tactical bid.
>
>I don't think it's reasonable to allege or imply that anyone who uses  
>the term "tactical bid" is (a) a secretary bird and (b) trying to  
>muddy the waters.
>
>Note that none of the definitions I've stated above depends in the  
>slightest on the degree of expertise of the bidder.
>
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