[blml] ACBL LC Detroit minutes

[Eric Landau]

On Apr 8, 2008, at 3:44 AM, Herman De Wael wrote:

> John (MadDog) Probst wrote:
>
>> Herman, we know you're prepared to lie about these things. Some of  
>> us are
>> not. cheers John.
>
> The same argument yet again. What is wrong with hiding my doubts to
> opponents? Have you never doubled someone because he said "I think
> ..."? If he'd simply stated the same without the doubt, and you hadn't
> doubled, do you call the TD afterwards saying "he wasn't certain, but
> he acted as if he was and now I demand that we'll score the
> undertricks doubled.

That's a clear argument in support of John's implied criticism, as it  
demonstrates why the particular lie in question (pretending a false  
certainty when actually guessing) is likely to work to the liar's  
advantage.


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