[blml] Réf. : Two "problems", one hypothetical, the other bizarre

[Alain Gottcheiner]

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De : Jeff Easterson
Date : 30/04/2007 11:15:02
A : blml at amsterdamned.org
Sujet : [blml] Two "problems", one hypothetical, the other bizarre
 
And if there is a club lead and he misguesses diamonds
the hand will collapse I think, since he will be too shortened in
trumps.  But how likely is a club lead? If you have to assign a mixed
score; how likely are: 7 tricks, 8 tricks, 9 tricks and 10 tricks?  When
I checked the board later 10 tricks were made only a few times (one
player made 11 tricks but don't ask me how; you don't really want to
know) and even fewer made 7 tricks (only one or two), most declarers won
8 or 9 tricks.  So if you have to give a mixed score; what % probability
for 7, 8, 9 and 10 tricks?
 
 
AG : IS2M that TFLB doesn't make provision for mixing scores after a revoke.

 
Perhaps we should have that possibility, in the form of either :
a) a mix of (the score at the table  - 2 tricks) and the score for (here) 7
tricks
b) the worse of (the score at the table - 2 tricks) and (the normal mixed
score)
 
I'd prefer the latter. But IMHO this isn't allowed.
 
But anyway, this wouldn't apply in this case, as the club lead didn't happen
 Only variants after the revoke could ever be taken into account.
 
 
> Now the bizarre case.  
 
Bizarre indeed. The easiest (perhaps not the fairest) way to rule is that
West conceded and East disputed, based on their mishearing, where "a player
has no case when he acted based on his own misunderstanding" or words to
that effect. 
 
But I'd be ready to hear at EW's claim (excuse the pun) that South mumbled
or gestured something to the 
effect that he makes some number of tricks. Like saying 'yipes, I'll
eventually make that silly contract'.
 
First ask them (separately) what they heared that made them think there was
a claim ; perhaps you'll be able to reconstruct the misunderstanding.
Perhaps South instructed 'nehmen' and East heard 'negen' ?
It's also possible that South be mistaken about what constitutes a claim.
 
Just one tetratrichotomizing non-related question : does a Cooper echo
constitute a claim ?
 
Best regards
 
  Alain
 
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