Re: bridge reason for hesitation?

"Robert Frick" <[email protected]> Mon, 06 May 2019 19:45:39 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.games.bridge.laws
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On Mon, 06 May 2019 17:06:26 -0400, Steve Willner <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 5/6/2019 1:22 PM, Robert Frick wrote:
>> "However, players should be particularly careful when variations may
>> work to the benefit of their side."
>
> Are you suggesting this is relevant even when there is a valid bridge
> reason for thinking?

That would be the straightforward interpretation of Law 73D. Right? That's how I play bridge -- when true, I will volunteer, after long thought, "I was thinking about the whole hand."




   I suppose thinking for two minutes with a
> "10-second problem" is bad, but I don't see that thinking for an
> appropriate time when faced with a real problem can be illegal.  Isn't
> bridge supposed to be a thinking game?
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