[blml] Psyches & deviations

[Robert Geller]

What this discussion shows is that every country should have a system
for recording incidents of this type and looking for multiple occurrences
involving the same player.  This requires a bit of work, but no reason it
couldn't be done.     Except for flagrant cases education should be
pursued befor banning.

-Bob



Nigel さんは書きました:
>[Wayne Burrows]
>> It is illegal and insane to remove a fluked good result.  Basically if
>> you do then you are saying that if you make a bad bid then you
>> automatically deserve a bad result.  There is no law that supports
>> this approach.
>Wayne rejects "balance of probability" arguments in the case of fielded 
>psychs and fielded deviations; but  directors must apply such arguments 
>in many other cases.
>
>For example, take this common RKCB auction by WE with NS silent...
>1S  - 4N*-
>5S*- 5N*-
>6D*-..6S
>7S
>
>Suppose East bid 6S after several minutes thought.  Suppose, *after 
>thorough investigation*, the director (who is not a mind reader) 
>determines that the main relevant facts are that then 7S is borderline 
>but it made and that West claims "I would have bid 7S directly over 5N 
>but I did not want to prevent partner from investigating 7N" -- the 
>standard mantra in this context :)
>
>IMO many directors would rule the contract back to 6S. Some would impose 
>an PP on an expert EW.  All on the balance of probability.
>
>West is *not* necessarily a cheat. Just as in the fielded psych case, he 
>may not know the law. Or he may delude himself (most human beings are 
>good at rationalization of law-breaking -- listen to your friends 
>talking about tax-fiddling,  breaking speed limits and so on. Few such 
>people regard themselves as criminals).
>
>But as in the psych case it is quite possible that West is innocent. So 
>how would Wayne rule? And Wayne he would rule against EW, how is this 
>case different from the fielded psych case.
>
>
> 
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