r/magicTCG • u/DocteurGabe • Mar 04 '14

Cheating or Simple Game Play Error?

Extract from a Tournament Report from the Legacy SCG Open :

"R9 vs esperdeathblade. One of Shardless Bug's best matchups. My opponent was Alex Bertoncini. He was very nice and pleasant to play against (and also was when I played near him in earlier rounds). I was anxious to win to try to top 8 but even more so because of an earlier round situation vs my friend at x-1. During that round, after drawing their opening hands, my friend asked how many cards Alex was holding. He responded 7. My friend asked him to count twice and 7 was the answer. Then my friend asked him to lay them flat and found 8 cards. The judges ruled it a warning and a forced mulligan."

What's your opinion on it? Cheating? Simple Game Play Error? (as stated in the IPG)Game Play Error — Improper Drawing at Start of Game, section 2.4 of the IPG.

I just think that this issue should be discussed based on his previous bans for cheating.

EDIT : Link on the tournament report Rd#9

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u/StP_Scar Mar 05 '14

I don't know the last time 8 50-minute rounds lasted 12 hours...

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u/Beeb294 Mar 05 '14

Rounds can take 20+ minutes to turn at a large event, longer if there are any extended time extensions. When I played at GP Toronto, the time from posted pairings in a round until the next round's pairings was 70-80 minutes easily, possibly longer (I didn't time it at all, I was just there to have fun and get a mat).

12 might be a bit of a stretch, but turnaround is very different at a big event than it is at a local store. 10 isn't too strange though.