PSYCHIC OR ALERT OR SOMETHING ELSE ?

[120248]

I open 1♦ and next player overcall 1NT.

 

After the hand we discover that he had a ♦ singleton.

Is it a psychic or should he alert ?

 

Thank you to take time to respond.

 

I am very intrigued.

[hrothgar]

I open 1♦ and next player overcall 1NT.

 

After the hand we discover that he had a ♦ singleton.

Is it a psychic or should he alert ?

 

Thank you to take time to respond.

 

I am very intrigued.

 

You need to ask the player who made the call, not us

[wank]

most likely it's just a clueless player who doesn't understand what 1NT should have there.

 

a psyche has to be deliberate. bad players often misdescribe their hands unintentionally. as for alerting, they don't have to alert that they're bad players.

[ggwhiz]

I've seen plenty of players bad enough that the bid shows pts period and nothing else. Of course they don't know what an alert is either.

 

If there is a director available they need to sort it out (if the stiff was smaller than a queen it should be as verboten as an opening 1nt). If there is no director you can give a free lesson, civilly of course or my tendency is to wish them luck with the rest of their game. They will need it.

[pescetom]

I've seen plenty of players bad enough that the bid shows pts period and nothing else.

"1♦ maybe 10-15 points and 0+ ♦, but always at least zero"

 

(dholland today, commenting bid by Boye Brogeland) B-)

[Phil]

I think he was referring to the 1N bidder, not the opener.

 

Two possibilities. The 1N bidder was a new player, or, 1N was some sort of takeout call like I play.

[HardVector]

You kind of need to tell us the environment. I've seen a player with 5521 shape (5/5 majors), bid 1nt after their partner opened 1c to show their 6-9 pt hand. Needless to say, that was not what I would consider as a strong player. I was quietly laughing as he struggled to go down 1 when there was a 9 card spade fit.