[blml] Clarification... [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard willey]

> What's with this word "repeatedly"? Yes, I've said that I always do
> it, but what does that matter? Over and above 1000 third-in-hand 1He
> openings, there are maybe 4 that qualify for the H1H. I know I've said
> I always open them, but sometimes you just don't feel the urge, and I
> pass anyway. So I open 3 out of 4. That means that in 1003 times I
> open 1H, 3 times it's psychic. Now of course it is possible that my
> current partner remembered that last time, and that is why I believe
> this must be revealed, but you cannot treat me any different from
> another player, who opened 2 out of 4, or even one who opened 4 out of
> 4. Because our psyching frequency (3 out of 1003 or 2 out of 1002) is
> exactly the same (and I doubt if we open all 1000 same hands !)
>
> So even if there is "automatic" psyching, to the rest of the table it
> is just a freak occurence.
>
> And I repeat, if you are going to call my psyches illegal for none
> other reason than because I said I "always" did them, then I'll no
> longer say I always do them. I'll just let you figure it out for
> yourself, and admit to 3 psyches without revealing whether I had 3 or
> 30 suitable hands in that period.

This is certainly one option.  Perhaps I can suggest a better one:

Why not try to work with the local regulatory authorities and draft a
better set of Convention regulations?  The core issue that we're
dealing with has nothing to do with psyches.  Rather, it has to do
with the definition of a HUM and your ability to use a HUM in
competitions.

As I noted earlier in this thread, I would very much prefer to see a
regulatory structure that actually reflected the strategic
considerations made by players rather than encouraging them to cheat.

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