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Re: 253 Bertens USBF deals partnership matrix

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Subject: Re: 253 Bertens USBF deals partnership matrix
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by: Douglas - Tue, 11 May 2021 15:21 UTC

> On Monday, May 10, 2021 at 6:13:35 PM UTC-7, Nicolas Hammond wrote:

> > Take a look at Alt V and 1st OCBL teams among others as well.
> >
I’ve gone all the way through 2020 Alt V. There are a handful of deals that could be questionable where Curtis Cheek is at the table which could be questioned standing alone only. He appears to be at the table about half the entire competition.

Huub Bertens plays about half the competition also. His half is about a half with Curtis Cheek, and half with Naren Gupta. I can make no case for Bertens taking advantage in any discernible quantity, much less any pattern of advantage. There are very many instances where if Bertens had unathorised information he could have avoided a poor result, or bid a far superior contract.

This is at the point of ridiculousness.

Douglas

PS: Given deal results in good and complete order, it is very easy and quick to spot cheating here. Because of the scoring effect in team events, cheating by a single person has to be even more obvious in order to have any effect on the team score.

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Re: 253 Bertens USBF deals partnership matrix	Douglas