Re: if what

On 2018-01-25 7:46 PM, Robert Frick wrote:
> I decided that trying to remember Smith Echo was a bridge reason.

The word "demonstrable" that precedes "bridge reason" is significant.
It's easy to demonstrate that deciding between a high card and a low one
is a bridge reason.  Between two low cards... not so much.

> I don't have information about how long declarer thought to the first
> trick. I have less sympathy for him if he deliberately played
> quickly.

I agree with that.  Also with Mike Amos' cogent answer, though I don't 
suppose any two people would agree on the exact weightings.  The full 
deal and all the conditions are needed even to make a start on that. 
The weightings should be based on "had the infraction not occurred" (L12B1).
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