snoop1953 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Has anyone other than me noticed your partner can concede your tricks for you? On more than one occasion I have held cashing tricks at the end play, my partner has conceded and our tricks were lost. My understanding of the rules of Duplicate is that you can not concede for partner. This would be a simple programming fix. But first, has anyone else run into this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Yes, I'm sure a lot of people have noticed. Personally I consider it a feature rather than a bug - on the very few occassions I play with a random I like the option to unilaterally accept my opp's perfectly valid claims. Implementing the full offline rules for claims online is impractical for several reasons, chief among them the lack of a TD in most cases. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 on the very few occassions I play with a random I like the option to unilaterally accept my opp's perfectly valid claims.Unfortunately, lesser players use this feature to unilaterally accept their opps' invalid claims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Unfortunately, lesser players use this feature to unilaterally accept their opps' invalid claims. Sure, and some people bid 7NTxx on random hands just for the heck of it. The solution is the same in either case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babalu1997 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Sure, and some people bid 7NTxx on random hands just for the heck of it. The solution is the same in either case. yes that is an annoyance, i remember once holding the ace of trumps, and refusing declarer's claim twice, my partner obliged him. i mentioned this recently, and on previous occasions here, but bbo wants it to remain that way. some bromide about bridge being a partnership game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 I've had this happen to me. It's annoying, but you get two enemies out of it so I guess that evens out. I wonder if there's a reason to report declarers who accept concessions when the ace of trump is out to abuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 If you concede all the remaining tricks, is declarer even given the option of refusing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Yes. Declarer can accept or refuse. My experience is that in the vast majority of cases nobody looks closely. In my opinion reporting to abuse doesn't do any good, since declarer isn't abusing anyone - and the hands cant be adjusted anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 yes that is an annoyance, i remember once holding the ace of trumps, and refusing declarer's claim twice, my partner obliged him.Instead of repeatedly refusing the claim, make a counter-claim of the trick you're guaranteed to win. Do this before partner has a chance to concede it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2005 Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 ive had a case where I conceded in error (not knowing partner had a trump trick) or my partner conceded not knowing I had a trump trick. both cases we were able to get the board adjusted. maybe just friendly directors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 ive had a case where I conceded in error (not knowing partner had a trump trick) or my partner conceded not knowing I had a trump trick. both cases we were able to get the board adjusted. maybe just friendlycompetent directors.FYP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Of course, directors can only be helpful in tourneys, not the MBC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 Maybe it would be worthwhile implementing a safeguard against players claiming tricks they can't possibly win, or conceding tricks they can't possibly lose. Or maybe not. It would be difficult to protect players against silly concessions like conceeding all tricks when holding trump king guarded behind dummy's ace. So maybe it would just give a false sense of security. BTW sometimes one of the defenders has left without signing out and then the only way to get a score for the board is for the other defender to concede (or accept declarer's claim). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Has anyone other than me noticed your partner can concede your tricks for you? On more than one occasion I have held cashing tricks at the end play, my partner has conceded and our tricks were lost. My understanding of the rules of Duplicate is that you can not concede for partner. This would be a simple programming fix. But first, has anyone else run into this? IMO, when a player claims/concedes, the software should insist on acquiescence by both the other two active players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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