Should TDs also play in their tournaments?

[jikl]

Come play in my Tourneys candybar, the first line in the description is always the same: Non-playing TD.

 

 

 

Sean

[candybar]

Come play in my Tourneys candybar, the first line in the description is always the same: Non-playing TD.

I probably do, Sean :)

 

I look for tourneys that have a real (non-playing) TD, allow all systems and, of course, psyches, and have proper spelling and grammar in the description and rules (this latter helps identify those TDs who actually do care about what they are doing).

 

That combination is not always easy to find, but there are some good ones out there. The annoying part is when it's not posted that a TD is playing, or doesn't allow opening 1N bids with singletons, or doesn't allow psyches, etc, and you don't find out until you are stuck in some chaotic mess for 12 boards.

[Dwingo]

I look for tourneys that have a real (non-playing) TD, allow all systems and, of course, psyches, and have proper spelling and grammar in the description and rules (this latter helps identify those TDs who actually do care about what they are doing).

 

That combination is not always easy to find, but there are some good ones out there. The annoying part is when it's not posted that a TD is playing, or doesn't allow opening 1N bids with singletons, or doesn't allow psyches, etc, and you don't find out until you are stuck in some chaotic mess for 12 boards.

My tourneys for eg. has the information, whether TD is playing or not. Invariably I have the Rules of the tourney uploaded, which no one reads.

 

However, I am not going to explicitly state in the conditions of contest, that psyches are welcome. This will be an invitation to disaster, IMHO, from the TD's point of view. This said and done, I feel that if a TD prohibits psyches, then the same should be notified in the Tourney Rules.

 

Godwin

[candybar]

However, I am not going to explicitly state in the conditions of contest, that psyches are welcome.

:P No one "welcomes" psyches. And contrary to what readers of this forum may suspect, I very, very rarely do one. I hate to be psyched out of a good contract -- I'm sure everyone does. But they are legal by the Laws of Duplicate Bridge.

 

I don't think it's necessary to post that you welcome, or even that you allow, psyches in the tournament description, any more than it is necessary to post that you allow 1N openings, or any other legal calls.

 

But I do think it's extremely necessary to post if you do not allow them. :(

It's extremely necessary to post if you are going to play instead of being a real TD.

It's extremely necessary to post if you are making up your own 'rules' for a new game, instead of playing Bridge.

 

If you don't post that you are a 'playing TD', if you don't post your oddball 'rules', if you don't make it clear BEFOREHAND that you are not going to do the director's job, or not going to follow the Laws, and you somehow suck me into your tournament, prepare to be told off bluntly. ;)

[jillybean]

fwiw – as a large number of tournaments prohibit psyches I DO state psyches allowed, I also state kibitzers allowed ;)

 

I get the very occasional call about a psyche, my tournaments have yet to attracted the dreaded group of habitual ‘psychers’. If a psyche or responding bid looks odd I will usually follow up on it and if it turns out the players were bidding illegally in someway they will be blacklisted and reported to abuse. I suspect this sort of player is going to disrupt tournaments, psyches allowed or not.

 

jb

[Gerben42]

No one "welcomes" psyches. And contrary to what readers of this forum may suspect, I very, very rarely do one. I hate to be psyched out of a good contract -- I'm sure everyone does. But they are legal by the Laws of Duplicate Bridge.

 

I welcome psyches. Go right ahead and lie. But if psycher's partner magically fields the psyche that's cheating, be sure to call a director.