[blml] Team tactics [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Konrad Ciborowski]

> Nigel Guthrie:
> 
> >In a team-of-four match, you are 50 imps down with 16 boards left
> >to play.
> >(1) In such circumstances, may the captain instruct one pair to
> >underbid and the other overbid?
> >(2) If (1), then must these tactics be declared to opponents?
> >(3) If (2), then may the opposing team discuss counter-tactics?
> 
> Richard Hills:
> 
> Not only has this topic been discussed on blml before, but it was
> also discussed by Edgar Kaplan in a Bridge World editorial many
> years before blml existed.
> 
> Edgar's view was that Law merely required you to disclose your
> own partnership's methods to your immediate opponents.  You are
> not required by Law to disclose your team-mates' methods.
> 
> The secondary issue of opponent-dependent agreements has also
> been discussed on blml before.  The classic merry-go-round is ->
> 
> Pair A: We play ultra-aggressive pre-empts, except against those
> opponents who play penalty doubles.
> 
> Pair B: We play takeout doubles, except against those opponents
> who play ultra-aggressive pre-empts.
> 
> The simple solution to the merry-go-round is that time-travel is
> not allowed; you are not permitted to change your methods merely
> because your opponents' subsequent actions will render them
> ineffective. In the example above, Pair A would be required to
> play ultra-aggressive pre-empts all the time 

Not true. Pair A would open say, 3C, and now the opponents may simply
ask about the meaning of the 3C bid. And act accordingly to the 
explanation (ie. double for T/O or for penalties).

If Pair A decides to play sound pre-empts - why would they
be disallowed to?

So I may come to the table announcing that I play superaggressive
pre-empts and then switch to Culbertson style when I learn that
my opponents play penalty doubles. The opponents will then
simply switch to T/O doubles then.

My bid will first hit the table so I have to explain my
methods first but I see no reason why I shouldn't be
allowed to change them on every board.
There is nothing in TFLB that makes it illegal.




-- 
Konrad Ciborowski
Kraków, Poland

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