itzo75

I would better accept the FrancesHinden's hypothetical chat as normal behaviour at the table. I don't really understand why the players are expected to be rough and to put pressure on the table, asking simple questions? Bridge is a card game, not a war at all. :P The simple question my post was whether 1♠ could ever be treated as a psychic? P.S. If it really matters, I'll ask East for the real chat at the table ...

It's a little bit ridiculous. I disagree. East called TD himself to prove to the opps, that West's 1♠ can't be treated as a psychic - as many confirmed here - instead of arguing with the opponents. I admire that kind behaviour at the table. And he deserves to be punished for wrong TD call ?! And what deserves NS for their poor bidding, playing etc ? 60% instead of 0% ? And justice for all ... ?

Sorry, I didn't mind to offend any TD or player. My "suspicion" was with a little sense of humour :( I'm just curious 'bout the ruling :ph34r:

[hv=d=e&v=e&n=s9743hkqdaj973cak&w=sakj5h42dkq86cq87&e=st6ha7653dt2c6532&s=sq82hjt98d54cjt94]399|300|Scoring: MP N E S W - p p 1♠ X p 2♥ p 3♦ all pass[/hv] Hi all, here an interesting TD's ruling I'd like to discuss with you. A friendly pair (EW) asked me to give a statement about the following TD's ruling related to the above showed hand. (I was offline on BBO at the same time and I wasn't a TD in that tourney) After failure on 3♦ 4 down NS-pair started to murmur that 1♠ opening is some kind of psychics, which was not allowed in the tourney. So East, a very kind person, called the TD himself to clarify if there was a problem. The TD stated directly that psychs are not allowed and adjusted the board to Ave+- (60% for NS, 40% EW) :ph34r: , pretending that West should open 1NT. The EW-pair are playing Precision Club with 1NT 14-16 (allowing 5th Major) and are known as a regular partnership. They have NO special agreement for opening 1 Major (10-15 hcp) with 4 cards. Here all results for the same board in the tourney: 4DxW-4, 4HxE-3, 2SxW-2, 1NxN+1, 2NW-2, 1SW-2, 2DE-2, 1NN+1, 2HW-1, 1NN=, Ave+-, 2DN-2, 2DN-3 So 3DN-4 would bring 100% score for EW. The West's explanation were, that he would prefer to search for a ♠ fit at Matchpoints, rather to open 1NT w/ weak doubleton ♥ and passed partner. As I know ±1 card and ±1 hcp deviation of the bid's meaning couldn't be treated as a psychic ? So my opinion is that the TD's ruling is a little bit offending, and it's better not to make an adjustment than to cause bigger damage ... :( I suspect , that NS were a TD's frendly pair B) and the ruling was no unprejudiced. So no damage and no abuse claimed at all, but I'm curious about your opinion. Best regards, Itzo

I also find the new scoring a little bit confusing. I would suggest a "compilation" between the old and new formats: First Overall standing down to the last pair with score and then NS/EW scoring for statistics' maniacs :P Of course with readable fonts :) itzo75