[blml] alertability

[Ed Reppert]

On Jan 16, 2007, at 9:37 AM, Eric Landau wrote:

> Consider this situation:  Partner makes a call for which we have an
> explicitly agreed point range.  I know from previous experience with
> this partner that he will sometimes make that call with less than our
> agreed minimum, but only if we estimate that we are having a bad game
> to that point.  That's clearly an implicit agreement, which I must
> disclose.  Am I also obligated to tell the opponents whether or not we
> estimate that we are having a bad game?

If you're not so obligated, then you are in effect permitted to have  
an encrypted agreement. As I don't think the latter is the case, it  
seems you must disclose your estimate (I note that your partner's  
estimate may differ).