[blml] A strory with a conclusion

Matthias Berghaus ziffbridge at t-online.de
Wed Jan 9 14:16:17 CET 2008


Herman De Wael schrieb:
> Eric Landau wrote:
>
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>> But the dWS does not explain how you're supposed to know what that is.
>>
>>     
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> I think in many cases the player knows full well what the alternative 
> could be.
>
>   
>> It's all well and good to imagine a player, who has just bid 2S  
>> thinking it was the correct systemic call on a 5-count with 4-4 in  
>> the majors, hearing partner's alert and immediately saying to  
>> himself, "Oh my goodness, he must think I have a balanced 16+ HCP  
>> with no four-card major," but in real life he is saying to himself,  
>> "What the hell?!"
>>
>>     
>
> And so he just goes on explaining as per MS, and giving UI. The 
> question here is not whether the MS is permitted, or whether the dWS 
> is better, but whether the dWS is permitted.
>
> I'll get a better result than you, don't worry.
>
>
>
>   
And this is all what the dWs is about. Better scores. Forget the waffle 
about describing partner`s hand, not confusing opponents, and so ad 
nauseam.

_The bottom line of the dWs is: better scores. _


`Nuff said.




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