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Are all premature actions necessarily bad?

Posted By: Steve Mellen
Date: Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 12:08 a.m.

In Response To: Are all premature actions necessarily bad? (Chuck Bower)

A reason one would prefer an actual premature action, as opposed to an oral statement, is that the action is binding. In your case, if you made your play and the opponent said, "You know what, I changed my mind, I'm not cubing," it's questionable that you could hold him to it.

I don't think any of us should get in the habit of doing this stuff, but there's less room for gamesmanship in Rich's example for sure.

Messages In This Thread

• Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
  Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 9:26 p.m.
  • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
    Jason Lee -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 9:35 p.m.
    • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
      Marv Porten -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 11:41 p.m.
      • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 11:47 p.m.
        • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
          Seth -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 11:49 p.m.
          • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 11:51 p.m.
  • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
    Steve Mellen -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 9:37 p.m.
    • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
      Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 10:26 p.m.
  • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 9:52 p.m.
  • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 10:36 p.m.
    • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
      Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 12:08 a.m.
  • What does your wife have to say about this subject?
    neilkaz -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 12:45 a.m.
    • What does your wife have to say about this subject?
      Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 6:49 a.m.
  • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
    Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 12:50 a.m.
    • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
      Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 3:03 a.m.
  • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
    Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 1:32 a.m.
  • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
    Matt Ryder -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 4:38 a.m.
    • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
      Havard Raddum -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 8:25 a.m.
      • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
        Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 2:23 p.m.
        • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
          Havard Raddum -- Friday, 11 December 2009, at 9:29 p.m.
          • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
            Rich Munitz -- Friday, 11 December 2009, at 10:19 p.m.