[blml] Réf. : Your lead please?

[Brian]

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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:45:02 +0200 (Paris, Madrid (heure d'été))
"Alain Gottcheiner" <agot at ulb.ac.be> wrote:

> AG : this is very interesting : the very fact that South was
> pondering is a proof that there were LAs.
>  

This seems wrong in principle. 

IMO, your statement implies either that South is never allowed to come
to the conclusion that there are no LAs to his intended action, or that
the fact that there are no LAs must be obvious without pause for
thought. Neither seems reasonable to me. 

Surely if a player realises that he has received some form of UI, he is
allowed to consider whether or not it constrains his actions? If not,
players might as well go back to the old "bid what you were going to
bid anyway" option, and let the TD sort it out if/when opponents call.
That way they at least break even when their preferred action is judged
to be the only LA. To expect players to be able to make in-tempo
decisions on LAs seems at least unrealistic. 


Brian. 

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