[blml] Disclosure

[Grattan Endicott]

Grattan Endicott
grandeval at vejez.fsnet .co.uk
[also gesta at tiscali.co.uk]
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"The trouble with referees is that they 
know the rules , but they don't know 
the game."         [Bill Shankly]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Willner" <willner at cfa.harvard.edu>
To: <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] Disclosure


> (sorry, meant to include this in my previous message)
> 
> From: Eric Landau <ehaa at starpower.net>
>>  I may have a "heightened  
>> awareness" that partner is psyching his call because I know that (a)  
>> he has psyched this particular call in the past, but only when he has  
>> been having a very bad game (clearly disclosable) *and* (b) I  
>> estimate that we are having a very bad game.  I do not believe that  
>> that the latter is a disclosable "understanding",
> 
>  Steve Willner:
> Your knowledge comes from partnership experience, and I don't 
> see why it isn't disclosable.
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+=+ Concerning (b) I do not think one should disclose one's 
own belief that 'we are having a bad game'. It is more a case 
of "should partner think we are having a bad game".
        The underlying question is whether opponent has the 
same information as yourself to judge what that individual 
seated opposite you is doing. The test, I think, is whether 
you have information (other than information generally known 
to bridge players) that you have not disclosed and it turns out 
to be crucial for opponent's judgement of his (opponent's) 
action.
              ~ Grattan ~   +=+