[blml] Réf. : Re: San Diego Lightfoot Sue

[Alain Gottcheiner]

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De : Adam Beneschan
Date : 07/09/2007 16:51:02
A : Bridge Laws Mailing List
Cc : adam at irvine.com
Sujet : Re: [blml] San Diego Lightfoot Sue
 
There's something about the forgetting of a conventional bid that
seems to cause people to claim they were damaged under the Laws,
moreso than other dumb mistakes.  Off the top of my head, I suspect
this may be because the various bridge organizations have been
(correctly) pushing the need for players to disclose all their
agreements, but some players have perhaps confused the "right to know
the opponents' agreements" with the "right to know what's in an
opponent's hand", and thus feel that when the second "right" is
violated it's tantamount to the first right being violated. 
 
AG : I have a slightly different analysis. 
 
Nobody will ever voluntarily botch the play. Very few will ever claim they
made an inferior play on purpose, for tactical reasons. And the partner of
that player will never do anything that could mislead you.
 
However, there are players who pretend they made a psyche, or a misbid, to
conceal their partner's misexplanation. And in general, partner's bona fide
explanation of a misbid contributes to the confusion. I think the dislike
for misbids doesn't come from occasional lucky strikes, but from
(understandable) wariness and the discomfortable feeling that the rules for
disclosing conventions and the way they were disclosed contributed to the
misleading effect, in total legality. "If only he hadn't told me that ..."
 
Best regards
 
   Alain
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