[peachy]

bluejak, on Jan 2 2010, 05:55 PM, said:

I explained to the TD why I thought East had something to think about with his shape, though probably it would not take more than the ten seconds to which he was entitled.

Anyway, the TD finally decided there was no BIT so no adjustment was necessary.

If the TD decided there was no BIT, then of course the ruling of "no adjustment" is correct based on the TD's findings. Had I been TD, I would have thought that E had PLENTY to think about and I would have judged that there was enough evidence that there was a BIT.

[Ant590]

I'm suprised it was judged for there not to be a BIT --- even if the stop card was out for 5 seconds (everyone agreed it was 5-7 seconds), NSs reaction suggest that East was thinking for more than 5 further seconds. On the other hand perhaps East is a really slow counter.

[greenender]

FrancesHinden, on Jan 2 2010, 11:25 AM, said:

In the absence of the assorted bids of additional information that we'd like (does East always wait up to 10 seconds etc) I would tend to rule that there was a hesitation, because
(i) East certainly has something to think about - 4H is definitely a possible call here
(ii) West's actions on the hand are strange.

I agree. I find E's statement that he was never thinking of doing anything else but passing somewhat disingenuous.

Whilst not everyone subscribes to the "bid game if your 6-card suit is raised" philosophy, E has a good offensive hand, particularly if W's heavy raise is systemic.

Perhaps E counts the seconds slowly because he spends too much time counting his schmoints.