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Part of the game is not to close the side channels of information. conventions for calling are very much part of the game. calling 1 Club vs 1 No Trump is a pur
by goeiedaggoeie 3y ago
Part of the game is not to close the side channels of information. conventions for calling are very much part of the game. calling 1 Club vs 1 No Trump is a purposeful signal.
Its a fun game to play if you don't take it too seriously
- kuboble 3y agoHow about 1 club vs. One cough club, instant 1 club vs 1 [3s pause] club or 1 club spitted out with a visible disgust?
- goeiedaggoeie 3y agoI think it is all part of the game. Good opponents learn to read your signals as well. Think of it as reading a tell in poker.
- blue1 3y agoNo, it is not. Perhaps your circle likes it like this, but elsewhere this is cheating. It is forbidden by the rules and is socially unacceptable.
- goeiedaggoeie 3y agoit is not about liking, and in my circle we swap partners and play with whomever is there, but I have played against competitive pairs before and it is clear it is happening. reality is how it is, not how you want it to be. this is not a hill worth dying on and this is why I will never take the game too seriously
- gowld 3y agoSide channels are explicitly forbidden by the rules. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_convention https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_convention
- goeiedaggoeie 3y agoI get that, but the reality is that people who take the game too seriously have long been doing this. Just because reality is not legal doesn't change the fact that it is reality. This is why not taking it all too seriously is so important. As I say, when you play against people doing this you can use it as a tell. Of course you can get angry and bang on about the rules as well.