More mistral is sweeping

through BBO... The # 337 Pairs Heart of Gold tourney was a disaster. From a newbie's standpoint, it was a very interesting situation. One opp opened 2!d, alerted proudly "multy" (sic! yes, and I know I am a beach/y babe!), and the auction went on in Chinese. Yours truly sighed and hurried to google, which brought up multiple versions of multi(1, 2, 3 - want more? go goggle on google), and it didn't make the situation clearer. Wiki looked reassuringly short but wouldn't you give it up when you have approx. 6 minutes to read, digest, and defend something that starts with:

An opening bid of 2♦ classically shows one of four types :

1. Weak two in a major suit (6-11 HCP)
2. A strong balanced hand of a defined range
3. Strong three-suited hand
4. An ACOL 2 type ; typically in a minor

Often the convention is played with only one of the strong options being present, ie a three-way bid.

Cool eh... In the end I got into a very multi mood myself too - and to say I was majorly pissed off would be an elegant understatement in Queen's English:
1. Opps refused to explain properly, even when p asked and called the TD.
2. P accused them of cheating - quite a grave accusation; they were being sloppy and even arrogant but that is not really a crime; failing to alert properly is penalisable, though.
3. TD replaced my partner in the next round (took the original one out) and I only noticed half-way through the bidding that the new one doesn't play anything I do, and vice versa, and doesn't or wouldn't speak English.
4. I asked the TD to sub me, she promised to do that after I finish the board, and then forgot. So I left - didn't disturb the game, as the new p was playing it so that should have given ample notice to find a sub to replace me.
5. When I did log back to BBO, the ex-p was already playing in another tourney with someone else. Oh well.... And they say women are fickle?!?!?! C'monnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn... Give me a break!
Pretty please...