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A common (and effective, but not as effective as the people who want to play it think) agreement is to bid 1S over a strong 1C with "13 cards" or "wants to play somewhere at the 2 level" or "automatic". It isn't, of course; with the right hand they'll bid something else, and it's frequently hard to get them to explain what those circumstances are, but that's another story...
The ACBL disallows this under "agreements primarily designed to destroy opponent's methods" - other SOs regulate it with different rules (or don't, depending on their opinion of what is best). However, what can (and does in a small percentage of cases) happen in the ACBL is that they get called on it, have the regulations explained to them, and then still play it, but now they don't alert it (because it's illegal, and strong club players know this) and claim it's a psych if they get called on it. With the small number of Strong club players and the disinterest in Recording, they often get away with this for a long time.
I would not look for "fielded psychic", I would be looking for "concealed (illegal) partnership understanding". But I'm both cynical and a Precision player. If 1C strong - 1S psychic comes up at my table, it gets recorded, no matter how much I believe them.
Michael.
How would you rule? UI? Illegal?
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Posted 2006-November-13, 13:48
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Posted 2006-November-13, 19:59
If this hand happened in ACBL land, this might be the hand to do the weighted score.
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