Re: Barry Greenstein mentioned in the ACBL (Bridge) Bulletin

On Nov 29, 2:41 pm, Deadmoney Walking <tbones...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Nov 29, 1:58 pm, Will in New Haven





<bill.re...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
One of the columnists in the Bulletin discussed a hand she played
against Barry's team years ago. She was playing the same cards he was
playing at another table. Her team was well ahead.

So she picked up a hand where an action was borderline and she decided
that she knew what he would do on the hand. So she did the same thing
so that there would be no "swing" on the hand because she could afford
to get the same scores as he did on the remaining hands.

However, HE figured she would do that and took the opposite action
from what he would normally do, which generated a positive "swing" for
his team. It wasn't enough to win the match, or possibly she wouldn't
be telling the story, but it was an excellent strategic move.

Will in New Haven

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Are the hands in Bridge tournaments designed to have "action" games?
And is it the honor system to not signal your partner?

Hands are random ... surprisingly though often the most mundane hand
can lead to a top score ...
Signals to partner are allowed only as to the declared meaning of a
bid ... They've taken great steps to insure signalling does not
occur ... bidding boxes screens and the like ... they were several
cases of suspected cheating ... The Reese Shapiro and the Garrazzo
Belladonna issues come to mind ...
Even at club games ... some signal in various ways ... one of the
first ones I caught many years ago was the delay in seconds in making
the bid reflected their actual high card point count ... after a few
hands it became apparent to me ... and after one delay I looked at the
bidder and commented 10 points eh ??? ... His face turned red ...

That Greenstein play is often used depending on how one feels they are
doing in a match ... suppose one knows that 2 finesses must both work
to bid a slam ...25 % chance ... normally ... one would avoid that
risk ... but if down in the match ... you'd bid it needing the
swing ... at the other table (in team events ...) knowing this ...
you'd match that bad bid ...
Barry gave that other person credit for realizing what Barry had to
do ... so went against the grain to get the swing opportunity ...
.

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