[blml] self-serving ? Was : a psyche classification

[David Burn]

[AG]

Well, I asked the Belgian specialist of FJs and FNJs (and frequent AC 
member) about this hand, and his answer was that 2S doesn't show length, 
it's merely a lead-director ; so that you shouldn't raise it on the hand as 
was given.

If West doesn't lead a spade against NT, there might be grounds for 
classifying the psyche as red, he added. But not here.

[DALB]

I see. So East bid 2S because he wanted his partner to knock out the ace of
spades before the heart suit was established. Yes, Alain. Of course he did.

The real (and obvious) reason East bid 2S was that he thought the opponents
had a spade fit, and he wanted to make it appear that they didn't. 2S was
not any kind of fit non-jump - whatever the players said afterwards, they
said nothing of the sort at the table. It often happens that people's
bidding methods undergo considerable revision between the end of the session
and the start of an appeal hearing. Experienced AC members do not fall for
this sort of thing, and it surprises me more than somewhat that experienced
BLML members do.

David Burn
London, England