[runewell]

I was playing in Individual Tourney 1228 last night. Several of us are waiting for the last board to finish. On board 12 several people made 10 tricks in spades, I was one of the ones who didn't. This person bids up to 5SX and then nothing happens, it's like the person is stalling or something. With 2 min to go the person sits there at 5SX and doesn't even make the final pass after the double. The director assigned some sort of A=+ for the time being.

I take a look at the results and the person in question (edit:ui) is in the high 30% range. I note to the director that 5SX is going to be more or less a near-bottom result. The director's reply to me was something to the effect of: this person is too inexperienced and I'm going to adjust everything.

Next thing I know, that player is sitting at 50% and a lot of other scores have moved. This person definitely made some questionable calls on a few boards but I don't recall seeing the ACBL rule a persons results as unworthy of being included and dismissing them. If the person made a habit of bidding 7NT, OK that's deliberate. But I think this person made some interesting calls and is entitled to try to play bridge and have it count.