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I have been a bit annoyed when I realized that the deal from Mark Horton's July column in the ACBL Bridge Bulletin, which he describes as having played "in an early round of the Gold Cup against less than formidable opponents" comes in fact from the 15th World Youth Teams (bulletin #5) (spot cards and two variations in the play all identical). I don't think there's much to do about it, so it's just a free rant.
(edited to rectify the link)
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Properly citing bridge deals
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Posted 2015-July-05, 04:44
mark horton illicitly got access to a bridgeclublive's (terrible bridge site popular with EBU players at the time) database to pass to another online bridge site for financial gain during the early days of online bridge. i doubt your objection is going to cause him a great deal of mental anguish.
link for those worried about legal aspects: http://www.bridgeclu...sRelease-01.htm
link for those worried about legal aspects: http://www.bridgeclu...sRelease-01.htm
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Posted 2015-July-05, 06:16
Nothing you two say can make me dislike this guy more than I already do.
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Posted 2015-July-05, 09:50
The proper thing to do would be to write to editor@acbl.org. Hopefully they'll publish it in the Letters column, and include some kind of retraction/correction. Ranting here, where neither he nor the Bulletin editor can defend themselves, serves little purpose.
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Posted 2015-July-05, 10:08
What Barry said.
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Posted 2015-July-05, 10:16
sounds like a right sort
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Posted 2015-July-05, 10:16
antonylee, on 2015-July-05, 02:57, said:
I have been a bit annoyed when I realized that the deal from Mark Horton's July column in the ACBL Bridge Bulletin, which he describes as having played "in an early round of the Gold Cup against less than formidable opponents" comes in fact from the 15th World Youth Teams (bulletin #5) (spot cards and two variations in the play all identical). I don't think there's much to do about it, so it's just a free rant.
You should send an email to the Bulletin (with proof of where the deal was played) and they'll print a correction.
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