[han]

Last saturday my opponents called the director three times on the same hand.

I had xx KQJ10xxxxx x x red against white and when it went pass pass to me I decided to psyche: I opened 1NT in third seat. LHO doubled, my partner bid 3NT, I ran to 4D which was doubled, and then I ran to 4H which was also doubled and I played there.

The director was called because this was such an unusual auction that the opponents wanted to "protect themselves". The director asked if we had any unusual agreements about this auction and we did not, so the director left.

LHO lead his singleton ace of trumps, and when his partner showed out at trick 1 he again called the director, informing him that now he was 100% certain that I did not have a balanced 15-17 point hand. The director told him that he should not say such a thing as it is UI to his partner. The director also said that there seemed to be no infraction of the rules and left.

When the hand was over (4HX+1) the opponents called the director and demanded that the score was changed. The director asked my partner how often I had psyched in the past and when my partner truthfully said that I had never psyched with him until then the director again said that there was no infraction of the rules.

The opponents were not even granted the committee meeting they asked for but the last words were theirs: they refused to sign the score slip.

Can anybody beat these three director calls?

[pclayton]

Evil Han....

[matmat]

can I call a director on this post?

[SoTired]

Not really unusual. Many players think psyches are cheating.

[Rossoneri]

Many players don't know the rules.

I've fallen prey to something similar before and all I could say was well done to the opps.

But yeah, this really tops it =)

[jdonn]

I think you should be ethical and change the score to 4♦X down a lot. You took advantage of the UI that you could see your hand and knew you had psyched.

[kenrexford]

What's the problem? I assume that your card was marked "Texas Transfers," right?

OH!!! The opponents are mad because partner's failure to alert 4♦ gave you unauthorized information that he missed your obvious Texas Transfer, which induced you to bid 4♥, despite partner's clear suggestion of nine diamonds and a heart void.

I think you win this one, though, because you have no entry to your hearts but a possible entry to partner's long diamonds. I would think that a group of your peers would unanimously reject the idea of playing 4♦ doubled with your hand. That does not seem like a logical alternative. Close call, though.

[han]

Ken, surely you played a hand where the director was called 4 times or more?

[barmar]

Not nearly as much fun as this, but I once revoked twice on the same hand against Chip Martel.

[kenrexford]

Hannie, on Jan 1 2008, 12:15 PM, said:

Ken, surely you played a hand where the director was called 4 times or more?

I actually was in the center of a direct call that involved three tables at the same time, with penalties and adjustments at all three tables.

[han]

OK, you beat me.

[pclayton]

At SF, Matt and I had a director make a ruling at a table when he wasn't called.

Declarer claimed, I looked at the hand. It was a friendly situation and I asked him his line of play. A director was nearby and overheard the discussion. He said, "Gentlemen, play STOPS".

[blackshoe]

kenrexford, on Jan 1 2008, 03:19 PM, said:

I actually was in the center of a direct call that involved three tables at the same time, with penalties and adjustments at all three tables.

Pray tell. Sounds interesting.

[kenrexford]

blackshoe, on Jan 1 2008, 07:26 PM, said:

kenrexford, on Jan 1 2008, 03:19 PM, said:

I actually was in the center of a direct call that involved three tables at the same time, with penalties and adjustments at all three tables.

Pray tell. Sounds interesting.

I cannot remember exactly. It was back in 1993 or 1994. I was playing with a friend from Croatia, and we were playing his canape method. That alone starts a lot of controversy.

Anyway, we moved to the next table after the round was called, like we were supposed to do, but the round had already been called at some point. So, we left in a semi-hurry. As we were leaving, however, I think maybe the people we just left called the TD about some bid that we had made, to see if it was GCC legal (after the fact, but they had asked us to not alert). I thought about this more. I think I had opened 1♦, which was our strong, forcing opening, with a 21 count and something like five spades, four clubs, and a stiff diamond. Something like that. The guy had overcalled 1♠, doubled (despite partner not having four hearts either), passed out for a huge number. I think he was looking at our hands while we were on our way.

Meanwhile, the people we sat down to play against called the TD, also to see if whatever we were playing was GCC legal. They looked at the CC and freaked.

Two TD calls cracked me and my partner up, especially these. We had a late TD call from the table before after a request to not alert out bids, and then an anticipatory TD call from the new folks. This caused great mayhem, as two tables worth of people were shouting for the TD against us, all for nonsense (the CC was 100% GCC legal, and pre-approved to be careful). However, this all transpired at the end of the row, where the tables bent around. So, the people we were going to see next (during the next round, to be called), called the TD because of the rucus and noise at our table and at the table we just left.

This caused me to burst out laughing. I noted to partner that we got a TD call after we left the table, a TD call immediately upon sitting down at a table, and now a TD call just because we were on our way. My partner now could not stand it and burst out laughing, which caused everyone at all three tables (except us) to think that we were laughing at them, which we were, but not for the reason they thought.

The TD posse that arrived handled the situation remarkably well.

BTW -- a fourth table was technically afected by the delay in getting the second board to them, but they were busy on the first and trying to ignore the mess behind them. Plus, having already played against us, they understood.

[blackshoe]

Sheesh.

I'm glad the posse handled it well.

[matmat]

blackshoe, on Jan 1 2008, 08:55 PM, said:

Sheesh.

I'm glad the posse handled it well.

Did you spot any pitchforks and torches on the way out?

[dicklont]

Hannie, on Jan 1 2008, 12:58 AM, said:

I had xx KQJ10xxxxx x x red against white and when it went pass pass to me I decided to psyche: I opened 1NT in third seat. LHO doubled, my partner bid 3NT, I ran to 4D which was doubled, and then I ran to 4H which was also doubled and I played there.

You handled this hand so clever that they should applaud you for it.
Don't they understand that losing a hand in this manner is just great?

This hand gave you and your opponents a story to tell your grandchildren.
People should appreciate that!