[blml] A Psyche Classification

[Steve Willner]

[This was sent two days ago but seems not to have appeared.]

> From: "David Burn" <dalburn at btopenworld.com>
>  The pair in question were not playing FNJs at the table, only in
> the appeals committee.
...
>  If West is not going to support spades with this hand, when is he
> going to support spades? 

I'd like to get away from the specific case and back to the legal
problem.  Suppose you decide the following facts:
1. 2S was explained at the table as "long spades" (perhaps with more
details of expected strength and suit length).
2. EW are in fact notorious psychers who know each other's habits well,
and the true agreement is something like "long spades, or else short
spades with heart support."
3. The true agreement, if properly disclosed, would have been a legal
convention in the jurisdiction concerned.

What is your ruling in these circumstances?  Would it be different in
the EBU than elsewhere?