ralph23 Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 I agree with the other posters here and I fail to understand why people ban psyches. Out of interest, how are bidding misclicks handled in these tournaments? I had a sort of misclick psych playing in IMP pairs against a novice player (partnered with a good player) SAYC in ACBL. The LHO novice opened 2C, partner passed, RHO bid 2H positive, I passed with a 15 count and 5 hearts, LHO passed, partner passed. The LHO had a weak-2 opening in clubs. I misdefended and let them make when they should have been down 1. Was a flatish result as most people were playing 2H our way down 2. The 2♣ opening actually wasn't a "psychic call" as defined in the Laws, so the evidence suggests. That is defined as "A deliberate and gross misstatement of honor strength or suit length." [Emphasis added] The bidder apparently just got confused about weak-2 bids and thought that 2♣ was one of them. Whoops. Therefore it wasn't an "intentional" or "deliberate" distortion of his hand, and therefore wasn't a psychic call. Just a super-size Whooops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 psych (note, there is no k, and no e, in that word) Depends where you live.It has an 'e' in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Island and Eire, among other places. If they ban psyche bids (rather than psych bids) do they also ban cupid bids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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