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bergid 35 posts bridgetalk member Reply

No Agreement ( 21:06:04 FriFeb 14 2003 ) Select Action Reply Quote post Report post Last posts Ignore user Global ignore Whisper Here is a hypothetical sequence - my RHO has opened 1 and I have overcalled 1; the bidding has proceeded: 1 : 1 : Dbl : Rdbl I am playing with a partner with whom I have never (a) discussed this sequence or (b) experienced this sequence. I am asked the meaning of the redouble. Up until now, I would have replied "We have not discussed this particular sequence" or "We have no special agreement about that bid". I don't believe it's right to suggest a possible meaning for the bid, based on my experience with other partners. So I should not say "We haven't discussed it, but with some partners, I would treat it as SOS". That might appear to be an attempt at being helpful (and I'm all in favor of that), but really it could be quite misleading, if my partner did not intend it as SOS, but something else. Far better for me to say nothing than to speculate, perhaps wrongly. Quote: When explaining the significance ... a player should disclose all special information conveyed to him through partnership agreement or partnership experience; but he need not disclose inferences drawn from his general bridge knowledge and experience. I believe that this situation fall into the above category.

bluejak 427 posts Forum Host Reply

Re: No Agreement ( 14:23:46 SatFeb 15 2003 ) Select Action Reply Quote post Report post Last posts Ignore user Global ignore Whisper Given the actual situation you quote no doubt you are right. Now consider this. There are a group of good players in my area. One of them, Ralph Churney, I cannot ever remember playing with. Since I have known him as a good local player for nearly thirty years I probably have played with him but not in the last eight years or more. Let's say I play with him next Tuesday - that's not impossible, since I am due to play in a competition, my partner is unavailable, and I am allowed to bring along a substitute. We will have very little time for discussion. Suppose on the second board the bidding goes 1 1 dbl redbl - what do I do if the double is penalties? The answer is that I would alert it, and say "I have no particular agreement with this partner, but it is normal to play this as SOS". Then I will take it out - and I bet you I will be right!. We have an implicit agreement not from partnership experience nor from discussion but from knowledge of what people play locally. --- David Stevenson <laws2@blakjak.com> Liverpool, England, UK http://blakjak.com/lws_menu.htm

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