Trinidad Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 BTW, I am still interested in the answer to Andy's question:Roughly how many hands are there in total which have been presented as evidence of cheating by the Blue Team (excluding the foot-tappers)? I assume that there are more than the three in Nigel's review and the one additional one cited by Wolff on his wife's blog, but how many more?Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdanno Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 There are a couple of difficult UI problems left over. These are the ones that are hard to catch. Think about the play from a singleton or doubleton. I don't doubt for a second that there are players roaming the tournament scene who use that kind of UI... and get away with it. But again, against seasoned opponents, they won't. They will call the TD, kibitzers will testify, and they are caught. Well, apparently at least some world class players think this is not true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFA Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 BTW, I am still interested in the answer to Andy's question:Roughly how many hands are there in total which have been presented as evidence of cheating by the Blue Team (excluding the foot-tappers)? I assume that there are more than the three in Nigel's review and the one additional one cited by Wolff on his wife's blog, but how many more?RikThe Swanson book contains a good dozen, I think. He is partly referring to an article by Sheinwold about the 1958 Bermuda Bowl final. Swanson's chapter on the Blue Team didn't impress me that much the two times I've read it, and it doesn't now either when I make another quick run through his hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 I am surprised by your impression. FWIW my impression is that the game is very clean at its highest levels these days. I have had a lot of experience playing against almost all of the world's most successful professional partnerships during the past 10+ years. In that time, the number of leading pro pairs who have left me with a clear impression of "cheating" could be counted on one finger - I don't recall how many hearts that shows in the R-S methods... :) Almost all of the others top pro pairs (probably several dozen) have left me with a clear impression of "honest". Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.comTime for a little necro action. I found this post from Fred mildly ironic given the events of the last couple of years. Even Justin only appears to have been suspecting fellow players of minor actions at this time and not of any signalling. It would perhaps be interesting to find out when that perception changed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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