Douglas
2021-05-01 02:34:37 UTC
Here are salient complete parts extracted from a lengthy Bridge Winners posting dated February 1. 2021, by bridge playing pro Steve Weinstein.
“In June 2020, I was asked to be part of an investigatory committee to examine Huub’s play in the USBF Invitational 1.”
“Since then I have, in great detail, analyzed over 1,000 hands that Huub Bertens played from around March to June 2020 in online tournaments. What I found was very distressing. In examining the totality of decisions he made, my conclusion is that Huub cheated in online bridge over this period. I have zero doubt about this, and the evidence is overwhelming.”
“I think Huub cheated in all events he played during this period.”
“Nicolas computed that Huub’s online play is around 11 (!) standard deviations better online than his face-to-face play.”
Notes:
1. The online USBF Invitational 1 bridge tournament occurred May 30, 2020 to June 3, 2020.
2. “Nicolas” is Nicolas Hammond, a bridge book author.
I know this posting seems a mite late, but I have been busy developing actual public record evidence, and Weinstein’s posting is verbose. I admit I passed over it very lightly the first time. With what I know now, these four pieces are salient, and directly comparable to now public fact evidence.
This now public “evidence” is overwhelming that Huub did NOT cheat during any part of his 20 sessions played May 30 to to June 3, 2020. So much for the creditability of Weinstein’s expert opinion concerning “over 1,000 hands”.
I am unaware that it is alright now to openly accuse any other bridge player of cheating in tournaments outside the scope of Weinstein’s authority. Personally, I do not care what he “thinks.”
Nicolas Hammond needs to make public the computation of the alleged 11 standard deviations. I suspect it is mere author bravado.
Douglas
“In June 2020, I was asked to be part of an investigatory committee to examine Huub’s play in the USBF Invitational 1.”
“Since then I have, in great detail, analyzed over 1,000 hands that Huub Bertens played from around March to June 2020 in online tournaments. What I found was very distressing. In examining the totality of decisions he made, my conclusion is that Huub cheated in online bridge over this period. I have zero doubt about this, and the evidence is overwhelming.”
“I think Huub cheated in all events he played during this period.”
“Nicolas computed that Huub’s online play is around 11 (!) standard deviations better online than his face-to-face play.”
Notes:
1. The online USBF Invitational 1 bridge tournament occurred May 30, 2020 to June 3, 2020.
2. “Nicolas” is Nicolas Hammond, a bridge book author.
I know this posting seems a mite late, but I have been busy developing actual public record evidence, and Weinstein’s posting is verbose. I admit I passed over it very lightly the first time. With what I know now, these four pieces are salient, and directly comparable to now public fact evidence.
This now public “evidence” is overwhelming that Huub did NOT cheat during any part of his 20 sessions played May 30 to to June 3, 2020. So much for the creditability of Weinstein’s expert opinion concerning “over 1,000 hands”.
I am unaware that it is alright now to openly accuse any other bridge player of cheating in tournaments outside the scope of Weinstein’s authority. Personally, I do not care what he “thinks.”
Nicolas Hammond needs to make public the computation of the alleged 11 standard deviations. I suspect it is mere author bravado.
Douglas