kenohr

In a recent tournament the opposition claimed all but two of the remaining tricks making the contract. I felt I would be able to take an additional spade in addition to the two outstanding aces we held. I declined the claim. The opposition then claimed twice more stating he was giving us the two outstanding aces. I said to play the hand. A tournament director was called. The TD spent two or three seconds evaluating the hands and then awarded the opponents the contract plus a penalty trick and chastized us for wasting time in speedball. I was not given a chance to explain my thoughts. The opponents then called both me and my partner "a holes". I called the TD and reported the episode. His comment was to forget about the last hand and play bridge. He commented that the opponents should watch their language which indicated he was aware of the profanity. No penalty was awarded for the offensive language. My partner resigned from the tournament in protest and I resigned soon afterward. I am very upset with BBO and I feel that the Tournament Directors should be instructed to be polite and patient when dealing with tournament problems such as this.