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Clive Owen

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Member Since: Aug. 28, 2015
Last Seen: Feb. 15
Member Type: bridge player

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My first month away from the game: Brad Thanks for sharing this. For a different reason - the unexpected death of a son I had not played for three months ( my previous game I had won a major national competition ). I was surprised how little I missed playing as this was my longest break for over 50 years ...
Hilton honors benefits at the host hotel: Robb did you contact Hilton Corporate or did this happen for some other reason?
Hilton honors benefits at the host hotel: Robb - Peg is correct as I wrote higher up I had a problem at a hotel which was dealt with unsatisfactorily. I emailed brief details to Hilton Corporate and within 24 hours they had sorted the problem out.
Slow Play, a day behind the “ Flash”: Jim if multiple directors are watching and take no action I agree there is no hope.
Slow Play, a day behind the “ Flash”: If a director stands by the table of the slow players this always causes them to quicken up. In EBU land Gordon Rainsford before his elevation was very good at this.
Two Scenarios: John - Read Steve Moese above. In the USA the behaviour you outline above would from a player to a TD almost certainly result in a ban and rightly so. The same applies in EBU land. I also agree with him that we should expect a higher standard of behaviour from ...
Two Scenarios: Frances - Maybe I have misunderstood the point you are making and I apologise in advance if I have. Like many people who contribute to this forum I have sat on many appeals committees both bridge and non-bridge related. It is not uncommon for two people to give an account of ...
Two Scenarios: One of the players who had appealed the TD's ruling.
Two Scenarios: No. If anyone did not tell the truth it was the TD.
Two Scenarios: The reason for the original post was to ascertain whether people thought a player and a TD should be treated the same for a similar offence. Perhaps that was too simplistic. I did have two particular instances in mind. In the second one the TD was an employed TD. The ...