Re: Bobby Wolff book

David Stevenson <bridge2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>    How far are you going to disallow people to play normal bridge?  If 
> they forget their system, you will penalise them, ok.  If they lead out 
> of turn, and it happens to work, now you penalise them?  If they forget 
> their leads?  If they false-card by accident?  On purpose?
> 
>    Soon you will stop them getting good results by playing five-card 
> majors when the field plays four [or vice versa], and strong club, and 
> so on.  C'mon, we have got a game full of mistakes: it's a good game: 
> let's not spoil it.
> 
>    I just think that you are trying to reduce bridge to a computer
> game, a very boring one.  That is not good for bridge.

When someone complains about partner's mistakes, it's
well to point out to the complainer that bridge would
be a very boring game if nobody ever made a mistake.
Matchpoint scoring would be especially dull -- everybody
has exactly a 50% game.