MickyB Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Agreed, I was going to say something similar, and that's despite not being a fan of superficially similar arguments - eg "never pass a forcing bid, if you do then partner will just punt 3NT next time". If partner is weak, seems to be struggling for focus or has just let through a slam, saving him is reasonable. If there are no such indications you have to trust him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 Obama and Romney out ! MikeH for president ! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 By the way there is some old meme about always playing K first (to show KQ) and then J from KQJ to give more information. Of course it is bogus but it might be something that still very good players have in their subconscious and might rear its ugly head in unwanted circumstances. I think the question of which of the two scenarios is more probable is completely valid and your partner should not take offence if you had tried to cash the diamond. Of course it might be that the answer about comparing the probabilities is that it is much less likely that partner made a mistake, but it should not be the null hypothesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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