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Interesting thread. There's no doubt in my mind that each expert has propensities that his partner and most of his expert opponents know about. So I'm sure that if you chose a field of the top 20 players in the US or the world and put them in random partnerships and had them play something like 20 boards, each of them would be able to do a good job of identifying his partner at the end of the session.
On the other hand, I'm equally certain that if your 20 players played an individual, where they played 1 or 2 hands with each other player, and thus experienced each of the other players for 3 or 6 boards (1 or 2 as partners, 2 or 4 as opponents), they wouldn't be able to do a good job of identifying each other. That's just not a big enough sample size.
Expert propensities are more subtle than those of less expert players. They don't make serious mistakes of the kind listed in the opening post. What they do is more subtle. Some of them compete more aggressively on certain kinds of hands. Some are more or less likely to psych. Some lead aggressively, others passively. Some tend to make the technically correct play all the time, others go for psychological advantage even if that involves a slight technical minus. Some like to use Blackwood, others prefer cue bidding. Some often psych cue bids, others never do. Those sorts of differences are pretty well known to their peers, but they don't come up often.
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Posted 2009-November-20, 14:56
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Posted 2009-November-20, 15:44
i think hamdi has a very identifiable style 
how so, "some other internationals"?
how so, "some other internationals"?
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Posted 2009-November-20, 16:41
jdonn, on Nov 20 2009, 03:23 PM, said:
I don't think any amount of posts will help me understand what he is trying to say.
It would be a fun game to try to figure out just based on plays and style which expert is which.
It would be a fun game to try to figure out just based on plays and style which expert is which.
It might also be fun to figure out anonymous posts that way. LOL
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Posted 2009-November-20, 17:41
kenrexford, on Nov 20 2009, 05:41 PM, said:
jdonn, on Nov 20 2009, 03:23 PM, said:
I don't think any amount of posts will help me understand what he is trying to say.
It would be a fun game to try to figure out just based on plays and style which expert is which.
It would be a fun game to try to figure out just based on plays and style which expert is which.
It might also be fun to figure out anonymous posts that way. LOL
You would be one of the easier to pick out! But not as easy as.... ahem I won't say it.
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Posted 2009-November-20, 19:55
In der Duchy of der Lichtenstein we ist taking der silk purses and making sows ears out of them so that horses can be drinking when led to the water. With consequencing der postings from der Rexfords and der Hamdis ist making der big sense and glstening like der gold in der mud.
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Posted 2009-November-24, 01:33
This Topic raises an aside issue----Suggestion,could BBO run a charity event,
20 top experts compile hands no ghoulash,and us Mortals enter with experts now unamed BOT's------we pays our monies and take the test,a closing date prefixed,and we can all enter and play say 24 hands,opps would be also Bot's but in real life 2 more experts, Charity to be named by a BBO Poll,of contestants majority vote--or charity nominated by the experts
regards any seconders or further input
20 top experts compile hands no ghoulash,and us Mortals enter with experts now unamed BOT's------we pays our monies and take the test,a closing date prefixed,and we can all enter and play say 24 hands,opps would be also Bot's but in real life 2 more experts, Charity to be named by a BBO Poll,of contestants majority vote--or charity nominated by the experts
regards any seconders or further input