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65B3) Players are now allowed to point out that a quitted trick card is pointing the wrong way. Declarer can do it at any time; dummy or defenders can do it only until the lead is made to the following trick. 20G1) Sometimes players ask questions because they do not think their partner has understood. It is illegal to do so. 2041B) A player should explain only the partnership agreement. If the player does not know the meaning of partner’s call, or there is no agreement, there must be no statement of how the player intends to interpret it. 7 B 6) After a jump bid, the next player MUST pause for about ten seconds before calling. It is an offence either not to pause or to show indifference when pausing. If the Stop card has been removed prematurely or has not been used, an opponent should nevertheless pause as though the Stop card had been used correctly. 65d) A player should not disturb the order of his played cards until agreement has been reached on the number of tricks won. A player who fails to comply with the provisions of this Law jeopardises his right to claim ownership of doubtful tricks or to claim (or deny) a revoke. 45.1 ) It is said that declarer
may, if necessary, pick up a card from dummy to play 7 B 7 ) At the end of the auction the calls should remain in place until the opening lead has been faced and all explanations have been obtained, after which they should be returned to their boxes. If the hand is passed out then the passes are immediately returned to their boxes. LAW 48 - EXPOSURE OF DECLARER’S CARDS 45C 2. Declarer must play a card from his hand
if it is LAW 46 If declarer in playing from
dummy calls ‘high’, or words of like meaning, he is deemed to have called
the highest card. If he directs dummy to
‘win’ the trick he is deemed to have called the lowest card that it is known
will win the trick. Law 40 6c1 A player may deviate from
his side’s announced understandings always provided that his partner has no
more reason to be aware of the deviation than have the opponents. Repeated
deviations lead to implicit understandings which then form part of the
partnership’s methods and must be disclosed in accordance with the regulations
governing disclosure of system. If the Director judges there
is undisclosed knowledge that has damaged the opponents he shall adjust the
score and may award a procedural penalty. When a player has available to him unauthorized information from his partner, such as from a remark, question, explanation, gesture, mannerism, undue emphasis, inflection, haste or hesitation, an unexpected* alert or failure to alert, he must carefully avoid taking any advantage from that unauthorized information. When a board is to be played it is placed in the centre of the table until play is completed. Law 87 Fouled board 87.1 Arrow-switching If a board is not arrow-switched when it should be, or is when it should not be, or a player accidentally pulls out the cards from the wrong slot so that the board cannot be played in 'correct' orientation, then the board should be played in the 'incorrect' orientation if the scorers can cope with this. If using normal EBU software then it is always possible.
LAW 64
PROCEDURE AFTER ESTABLISHMENT OF A REVOKE A.
Rectification following a Revoke When
a revoke is established: 1.
and the trick on which the revoke occurred was won by the offending
player*, at the end of the play the trick on which the revoke occurred is
transferred to the non-offending side together with one of any subsequent
tricks won by the offending side. 2. and the trick on which the revoke occurred was not won by the offending player* then, if the offending side won that or any subsequent trick, after play ends one trick is transferred to the non-offending side.
Strong openings are often described as ‘Extended Rule of 25’ which means the minimum allowed is any of: a) subject to proper disclosure, a hand that contains as a minimum the normal highcard strength associated with a one-level opening and at least eight clear-cut tricks, or b) any hand meeting the Rule of 25 or c) any hand of at least 16 HCPs Examples: ª A K Q J x x x x © x x ¨ x x § x does count as 8 clear-cut tricks. ª A K Q x x x x x © x x ¨ x x § x does not. Clear-cut tricks are clarified as tricks expected to make opposite a void in partner’s hand and the second best suit break. Further examples: AKQxxxxx (7 CCT), KQJxxxx (4), AQJ98xx (5), KQJTx (3), KQJTxxx (5), AKT9xxxxx (8), KJTxxx (1)
Pausing It is normal for third hand to think before playing to trick one. Such thought is normally while declarer is thinking about his play. However, sometimes declarer plays quickly from dummy. At such a time third hand may legitimately think whatever his holding in the suit, and no inference can be or should be taken from such a pause. For example, if third hand has a singleton and declarer plays quickly form dummy, it is entirely legitimate for third hand to consider the hand generally
A player has the right to ask questions at his turn, but should be aware that exercising this right has consequences. If a player shows unusual interest in one or more calls of the auction, then this is unauthorised information to partner. Partner must carefully avoid taking advantage, which may constrain the actions partner is permitted to take during the remainder of the auction or when on lead during the play. Asking about a call of 3NT or below which has not been alerted may cause more problems than asking about an alerted call, as may asking repeated or leading questions. Asking about alerted calls in a (potentially) competitive auction is less likely to have adverse consequences, although it is not risk free. If, therefore, at a player’s turn to call, he does not need to have a call explained, it may be in his interests to defer all questions until either he is about to make the opening lead or his partner’s lead is face-down on the table. There
is no rectification following an established revoke: 1.
if the offending side did not win either the revoke trick or any
subsequent trick. 2.
if it is a subsequent revoke in the same suit by the same player. Law
64C may apply. 3.
if the revoke was made in failing to play any card faced on the table or
belonging to a hand faced on the table, including a card from dummy’s
hand. 4.
if attention was first drawn to the revoke after a member of the
non-offending side has made a call on the subsequent deal. 5.
if attention was first drawn to the revoke after the round has ended. 6.
if it is a revoke on the twelfth trick. 7.
when both sides have revoked on the same board. When,
after any established revoke, including those not subject to
rectification, the Director deems that the non-offending side is
insufficiently compensated by this Law for the damage caused, he shall
assign an adjusted score. *
a trick won in dummy is not won by declarer for the purposes of this Law.
If
a player is reasonably or completely sure that partner has misalerted or
given a wrong explanation, he must rectify the situation at the
appropriate time by calling the TD and explaining the situation. The
appropriate time is as follows: (a)
If he becomes declarer or dummy, before the opening lead is selected;
but (b) If he becomes a defender, at the end of the hand, not earlier.
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