Catfi

I do not care about the "demoralizing" part, but I do care about the randomness part. Many of us use principles of odds and probability in bidding and playing. Randomness is necessary for any meaningful uses of odds and probability. In the past 2 days, I have played on BBO. Today, N played 18 of the 20 hands and S played 1. Yesterday, E/W played 21 consecutive hands! I am having trouble assigning randomness to this distribution.

Thanks for all the supporting responses. I am beginning to realize that we overreacted and that we should just ignore that kind of behavior. We are not the first at all. My sister-in-law once wisely observed, "Don't make their problem your problem". Still not sure what psyche means in this context.

OK, What is psyche?

I have done a further review of the incident and reported to the abuse address. The original accuser was an opp for one hand. I initially missed that she was at the table. Her partner who made the comment about the truth and freedom also played only the one hand. I think it was the accuser who removed me from the table. The "truth..." comment was made by her partner after I asked why I was removed. It was a 3NT contract, nothing special, and I hope just a case of mistaken identity. In any case, we will not be playing with either again.

Tonight my wife and I were accused of cheating. We frequently play as partners. She is invalided, and I am commonly in the same room while we play. While there can be a nearly overwhelming temptation to "talk", we never do. Never! After all, it is only a game and not worth compromising one's principals. Nevertheless, while we were playing tonight (not particularly well!), the table host removed me from the table. My wife then voluntarily left and together we joined another table. Same thing. I was removed again. I can honestly say that I have no idea why because, as I said, we were not playing up to our usual standards, and the bids were very routine. Not game, not slam, small stuff. In the chat bar there then appeared the accusation from someone not playing at our table. Her comment was, "busted". I do not know who this was, but one of the opponents, in response to my "What?", then said "the truth shall set up free". I think he meant us, not "up". In any case, I asked him to explain the actions and the comment, but he has not responded. I have also asked the kibitzer to explain her original comment and have not had a response. I think this is serious business. Is it OK to make these kinds of accusations? Stay tuned.