Re: Jeeves the Butler

But are not some psyching situations sufficiently well known to be 
considered almost part of "just bridge?" Third-seat 1M openings when 
playing Drury, for example. Or 1S replies to 1H when holding a very weak 
hand with heart support? Are there others of this ilk?

I seen to recall someone describing a psyching opportunity or 2 when 
replying to 1NT openings. These certainly exist when not vul responding 
a weak or mini-1NT...especially if you have workable run-outs when a 
double comes back to you.

   --Bob Park


On 7/28/17 12:17 AM, Richard Hills wrote:
> The shorthand word "psychic" appears in Law 40B2(a)(v). But the more 
> useful expanded description "deviate from his side's announced 
> understandings" appears in Law 40C1.
>
> A true psyche is when "partner has no more reason than the opponents 
> to be aware of the deviation". (Note that Law 40B2(a)(v) nevertheless 
> renders some true psyches illegal.) But a concealed partnership 
> understanding pseudo-psyche is created by repeated deviations, for 
> example the oxymoron "mandatory psyche".
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Richard Hills
>
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> On 27 Jul 2017, at 4:33 PM, Gordon Rainsford <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>> IÂ’m struggling to see the Bridge Laws point in this thread.
>>
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>> *From: *Richard Hills <mailto:[email protected]>
>> *Sent: *27 July 2017 05:13
>> *To: *Bridge Laws Mailing List <mailto:[email protected]>
>> *Subject: *Re: [BLML] Jeeves the Butler
>>
>> Jeeves neither "obviously" psyches 1H nor "obviously" passes. Rather 
>> Jeeves has already observed the traits of the opponents (Law 16A2).
>>
>> Due to Bertie Wooster's misadventures in the earlier matches of the 
>> Swiss this round's opponents are the weakest pair in the field. 
>> Furthermore the opponents play a home-grown idiosyncratic bidding system.
>>
>> Hence Jeeves chose to Pass rather than psyche. Shenanigans occurred 
>> in the opponents' uncontested auction, resulting in a hopeless 6NT, 
>> +300 to the good guys. If Jeeves had psyched 1H, then the opponents 
>> would have been forced to revert to natural bidding, resulting in a 
>> sensible 3NT, -600 to the good guys.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Richard Hills
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> > On 25 Jul 2017, at 6:46 PM, Herman De Wael <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> > obviously, 1 heart!
>>
>> > altough I would consider passing.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Richard Hills wrote:
>>
>> >> Swiss Butler Pairs
>>
>> >> Dlr: West
>>
>> >> Vul: North-South
>>
>> >>
>>
>> >> The bidding has gone: Pass - (Pass) - ?
>>
>> >>
>>
>> >> You, East, hold:
>>
>> >>
>>
>> >> T96
>>
>> >> QT6
>>
>> >> T973
>>
>> >> 876
>>
>> >>
>>
>> >> What call do you make?
>>
>> >>
>>
>> >> Best wishes,
>>
>> >>
>>
>> >> Richard Hills
>>
>> >>
>>
>> >> Sent from my iPad
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