[blml] alertability

[John Probst]

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> In a matchpoint game, are you supposed to tell your opponents that you 
> will
> be shooting because you need tops, or playing conservatively in the last
> round because you think you need only an average to win?
>
I've had Paul Hackett (with punter) ask me how I was doing during a late 
round of a pairs competition. It seemed a reasonable and justifiable 
question to me and I answered it. He would know that I would not lie. The 
punter had no idea what was going on and assumed it was just polite 
conversation. When I then took a view on a hand, Paul knew exactly what was 
going on, and it would have been manifestly unfair to him if he'd not known 
where I thought I was in the field. I took Paul's question as a back-handed 
compliment.  cheers john
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