[blml] 40B3, etc.

[Alain Gottcheiner]

Eric Landau a écrit :
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> But as a matter of morality we are expected not to break the law even  
> when there is a very low probability of being caught.
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I'm afraid you didn't understand my point. The extra-low probability 
doesn't apply to the fact of being caught, but to the fact of having an 
opportunity to err.

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>> I claim that this is extremely improbable in the case of IBs, to the
>> point that it probably didn't happen to any honest pair in the history
>> of bridge. YMMV as to the assessment of this probabitlity, but if you
>> admit that this probability is as low a I think it is, then we should
>> address more imoprtant problems.
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> That is quite true in the current context, where we are talking about  
> a partnership's actions subsequent to its own IB.  But the same  
> principles, and the same law (L40B3), apply equally to a  
> partnership's actions subsequent to an opponent's IB.  For the latter  
> to recur is closer to inevitable than to "extremely improbable", and  
> we cannot afford to ignore the questions it raises
Well, apparently, our experience differs. My opponents make IBs in the 
absence of screens about 5 times a year, never in the same situation, 
and although I'm known as a systems freak and a guy who loves to be 
prepared, I never discussed with any partner what we'd do in the case of 
an IB - although in two partnerships we implicitly know that "all 
meta-agreements remain", because that's what "meta-agreement" means : 
agreements which transcend specificities of the bidding sequence.

No precedent, no discussion, hence no new agreement. WTP ?

Of course, bridge logic does count. Allowing the 2H bid in the sequence 
2S - 1H, only to bid 2S, would most probably mean we have a low ODR. 
Else why not disallow 1H, and bid 3S over 3H ? (live case)
But you can't call this an agreement. My partner, a clever player but of 
little experience, did find this at the table. This was the second time 
we played together.


Best regards

    Alain