barmar, on 2013-March-12, 08:44, said:
There's also the point that the player's statement about SOTM is self-serving. We shouldn't ignore it, but we need to be aware that it may be part of a rationalization of their action.
Not clear to me whether the TD is ever going to give sotm to the people he polls, though it certainly helps the case of the "accused" if he tells the TD at the time what he thinks the sotm is (and, privately, that the opponents are weak, perhaps). The TD can look at some of the boards if he deems it relevant to polling. Maybe this isn't an effective use of the TD's time, though.
But my only point is that, for example, if opps had had bidding misunderstandings and gotten to two no-play slams, and the other two boards were both 1N making 1 (1N - AP) for the OP, one of which is down on best defense but OP made it on a dbl squeeze, it should be pretty clear to all involved that OP expects to be ahead dramatically in the match. I would think it reasonable to provide that info when polling.
[to answer your question: ideally, you'd just give everyone the hands and results, but in practice this is really impossible and not a good use of time. So I think if there exists a pretty clear SOTM, it should be summarized in the poll.]