[blml] Be prepared! [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Richard Hills:

>>I am not in South's class of player, because I did not agree with
>>South's 3S overcall.

Tim West-Meads:

[snip]

>Thus we allow Richard to recuse himself as a "peer" in this instance
>because he would not bid 3S.  I, OTOH, believe that direct action over
>a pre-empt should be fairly sound at IMPs and consider the marginal
>extra values as no more than sufficient compensation for the poor
>quality spade suit.
>
>NB, I would not expect my partner to bid 5S over 5D with the hand he
>actually held because he is simply too good for that action opposite a
>sound overcall.

Richard Hills:

So Tim recuses himself as a peer of North, since he deems that North's
competitive bid of a mere 5S is wimpy, wimpy, wimpy.

If one makes the reasonable assumption (in the absence of evidence to
the contrary) that North and South are bridge partners because North
and South are bridge peers, then (on the balance of probabilities) Tim
is also not a peer of South.


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
National Training Branch, DIAC
02 6223 9052

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