I don’t know, it seems to me that the bridge guy did what a lot of people would do in that situation.
And by the way, ask anyone who knows me- I try to be as careful as possible when it comes to sheker, sometimes to a fault.
(And since this thread referred to a football game- I once had a boy tell me on a date that he admires the Patriots because they’ll do anything to get an edge. Huge red flag for me.)