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[Double !]

Cheating? Based on what?

 

My first reaction would be to type "wdo" and then to curse my bad luck for playing against an opp in an indi who could actually count and declare a hand.

 

DHL

[McBruce]

I agree that the strange bidding and play of one hand is not enough to prove cheating, but I think that North is also a suspect here. Partner has responded 6NT missing two aces. With both missing aces another bid is certainly more reasonable here than pass.

 

Exchange the A♦ and a small heart for East's two red queens. It's still a 1♦ opener, and if partner thinks he can make 6NT opposite this, surely with both aces 7NT is the optimum spot.

 

I would hope that both North and South were put on a list of players to watch for. Should more hands like this come in, I would consider a suspension. I'm a little concerned that inquiry is leaning so far to take the side of the jumper here. Nobody in his right mind would bid 6NT with this hand unless they saw all four hands. There is significant evidence of that here. If you decide not to bar this pair based on one hand, OK, but I hope you have at least taken the player names for future such actions. If this had happened in a f2f tournament, we wouldn't be letting it go without a player memo.

[olegru]

I agree that the strange bidding and play of one hand is not enough to prove cheating, but I think that North is also a suspect here.

Are you kidding?

For me "Nobody in his right mind would bid" 7NT with North hand after 6NT from the partner.

:rolleyes:

We must be much more caution with accumption some kind of bid as an unnatural; bid which absolutly unacceptable for one player could be just right for another.

I can't see anything suspition at all at Bonsaiman example.

[luke warm]

i personally don't see anything that would make me accuse anyone of cheating, especially in an indy... ben's arguments seem reasonable to me and i certainly didn't take his words to be 'leaning' especially heavily in any direction