I have a question for you, Carl, and I ask it with all due respect to your considerable bridge knowledge and expertise.
If authorities had clear and convincing proof that a pair (any pair not this specific one) were found guilty of illegal signaling in numerous events, but not enough ...
If you're not fond of the initial Dbl of 1♠, what would you suggest is superior? I guess I could have started this out in steps and asked what you would bid over 1♠ with the South hand. What seems best over 1♠ instead of the ...
Artur,
Thank you for your candid post.
I tried to overlook the part about Boye not seeing anything while on their team, but it always came back to nag at me. I think your assessment of it sums it up nicely:
"he didnt notice for two years (bullshit)anything wrong ...
In none of those other forms of bridge, though, would the type of bidding and manipulation that takes place in the robot tournaments ever be tolerable. This is what makes it a different game imo. A bridge-based mind game, if you will.
I keep reading how people are so concerned that bridge cheats might be deprived of earning a living. After all, this is their profession!
I cannot be bothered fretting over that. They forfeit any "right" to earn a living doing it when they cheat. And furthermore, they want to blame ...
Apparently it's not detecting them that's the problem. In other threads we see that most everyone knows the few pairs who are actively cheating at the top. It's successfully convicting them that's the problem.