MikeK
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Jeremy raises an interesting, though rather esoteric, point.
Maybe 'logical' was not the right word to use for my attempt at a plausible explanation of 5C.
I guess few pairs would have a system sophisticated enough for 5C… -
No I didn't poll. Forgot to mention N is a passed hand.
These are all good players; so 5C can hardly be natural with a long suit.
Most likely logical explanation is that N holds something like Sxxxx, CAKx and Hxxxx in a red suit (x in… -
Thanks.
Changing to a two session final will involve logistical complications - maybe next year.
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At Petersfield BC we have done a couple of hybrid type things as we start to return to F2F.
Firstly we have supplemented a F2F session with a robot pair to avoid a (lengthy) sit out.
Two board sit-outs are just about tolerable, but as… -
I have grappled with the config file stuff OKish. But the 'should be able to export to EBUScore' is thwarting me!
I can produce a plausible looking XML file, and even export to EBUScore.
But EBUScore thinks I have four teams of four. … -
Like pg10003, I have founding dislodging robots to be impossible!
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POSTSCRIPT
Turned out one Defender came from a school that thought in the event of a claim
the defence could decide the order in which Declarer should play his cards!
I have come across this before.
He thought that was in… -
OOoops!
Who hadn't downloaded the updated SkyBlue Book!?
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Just uploaded an event with two robots.
The entry I used in the 'names' file for BBO extractor was
robot, ,BBO Bot A, 900002
His/her forename is 'Advanced' but I didn't bother with that!Does it matter that there were tw…
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Interesting responses.
Not sure there is a consensus here, though.
This happened in a League Match (Club not Lockdown).So in accordance with EBU Guidance, I advised it was up to the Team Captains to resolve.
They decided to trea… -
Peter, you may have been refunded.
I was trying to do a reconciliation of the Hants & IoW April position, and found no refund in our MyEBU account.
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Thanks for the responses.
Particularly for ais523's analysis of the principles involved.
That was roughly where I went as well, but the wording of 40B3a does appear wrong.The specifics of this case are of less concern.
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Firstly, I would think that 3C should not be alerted, its a natural call.
Secondly, the player has given a correct explanation of the system, so no need to offer further information.
In essence this mis-click is analogous to a pysche/… -
As requested, a bit of feedback.
A friend and long term on-line player highly recommended BCL.
So we (Petersfield Bridge Club) tried to set something up.
I am afraid it has not been a happy experience.
It has taken over … -
I wasn't TD so I can't be definite, but knowing N/S well, I am pretty sure Pass does not force redouble.
I only got involved when this was discussed at the end of the evening.
North's rationale for bidding seemed to be 'but I only hav… -
My query really is, what is the bit about mechanical error doing in 25A2 anyway, why not in 25A1?
25A1 deals with NOT making the call intended, 25A2 with making the intended call.
(A bit bizarre since the heading to 25 is 'Unintended… -
BUT the counter argument goes:-
The player's intention was NOT to make the call selected, therefore Law 25A2 does NOT apply.
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....and the descriptions are in PSUserMoveManual.
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Thanks for all the responses.
I think the main point is that 'style' is covered.
Though I agree it is difficult to judge, in this case West was one of my regular partners.
I am also a bit worried that this opens the door to the … -
VixTD, their words not mine! The gist of the above posts is that dummy has mis-bid (maybe through mechanical error). As I said before the system card was silent on jump shifts. But declarer thought it was weak NF, so should have alerted. I think…
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Entirely disagree!( Assuming I would be agreeing with Michael.)
Sure, the Majors aren't handicap events, but I don't think anyone is suggesting the Spring Fours or the Gold Cup would become handicap events.
A tournament schedule that … -
OK, I get the point about weighting the mps not the score.
But as I mentioned, in this instance it makes marginal difference.I don't know whether Sheba977 lives North of Watford, but I fear there is a 'Suction' wave spreading North…
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Thanks, Gordon. It looked intimidating, but actually I didn't find it too difficult to use the spreadsheet.
The resulting score is marginally different in %, but the rankings are unchanged.
However I don't think it can be considered a… -
To clarify.
a) West had forgotten the system, they had a card(s)
b) It wasn't an 'artificial' score, my mistake: should have said 'assigned'.
c) Yes the calculation of mps was non-rigorous, but that wasn't the issue.
Is th… -
Thanks Barrie.
Not sure whether I will use Butler or X-Imps.
With the latter outlying/outlandish results will be discounted which might be 'fairer.'
I expect we will only play 18 boards.
(Some of the Improvers are not that… -
When I was called to the table, N/S complained that W should have 4+ hearts!
East knew it might only be three, which might have explained the 'maybe I should alert.'
It wasn't clear whether he thought it might only be two.
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Long long time ago, I posted a comment about running handicapped teams at Petersfield Bridge Club.
I promised an update. Well, better late than never!
Firstly, the handicapping does seems to have stimulated a sustained higher level of… -
Thanks for the comments.
I won't bore you with the details but I think they generally vindicate TD's decision.
Declarer's reasoning for the line of play was a bit flakey. But that is irrelevant, I am 99% sure they wouldn't have played… -
Seems to me to be some cake and eat it here.
Declarer considers the dbl to be based on the hesitation;
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Basically you are saying 73E2 trumps (!) 73D1.
TD at the time (I was RHO) was unsure. He read all of L73 and decided these two paragraphs seem to be contradictory!
Eventually it was decided that the 'otherwise' in 73D1 was a key consi…