Bridge Winners Profile for Matthias Schüller
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- Sept. 14, 2015
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- bridge experts with gambling addiction?
- "If you win, can it be called an addiction?" Yes, definitely. By the definition of almost every gambling regulator (and responsible gambling organization), unsustainable financial loss is only one of several negative effects of gambling addiction. Others, like effects on mental health or (many versions of) spending too much time ...
- Ruling fron Eastbourne
- I would consider the "What if declarer actually held clubs" discussion a purely theoretical exercise. In practice, if I bid 2♣ and partner did not alert, I would - indicate that we have no agreement if I don't have clubs; - remain silent if I have clubs. While always correcting ...
- GTO in the WYTC
- That is true. However, it has nothing to do with "GTO". It is quite the opposite - an exploitative action, triggering a mistake that the opponents would otherwise not have made. Passing, then bidding 4S gives the opponents more options than a direct 4S. I am pretty sure that giving more ...
- Elinescu and Wladow win their case against the WBF
- > Those laws can't be applied to private organizations, > only public ones. Why? Because the U.S. does have a > constitution. IANAL, but my understanding is that, under German law, organizations which have (or claim to have) a monopoly cannot refuse membership simply based on "We are a private organization ...
- Decision from the german bridge federation in the Piekarek - Smirnov case
- There is no 10-year (or other) limit in the relevant DBV regulations. Quite the contrary; it is explicitly mentioned that the disciplinary panel can suspend persons temporarily or permanently. The ruling itself says that it is following a standard which has previously been established for DBV-bans on collusive cheating (10 ...
- David Gold speaks on the England Review
- The report in tomorrow's bulletin states that "most" of four players who were consulted drove to slam with the East hand (not knowing about any unauthorised information). Under any definition of a logical alternative (LA) that I am aware of, this makes *not* driving to slam an LA (as ...
