[blml] The Rubaiyat of Law 58B2 [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Steve Willner]

>>Updated 2006 edition of EBU White Book, 58.2:
>>
>>"When two cards are both visible the player
>>designates the card he proposes to play.
>>This does not need to be the card he
>>originally intended.

> From: "John Probst" <john at asimere.com>
> Yeah, I spotted this one in a tournament about 1997, and we kicked it around 
> for a while. At the time I ruled per Kojak's 1999 view as it is clear to me 
> that a Probst cheat can take advantage.  After a while I got howled down, 
> and the "intention not relevant" interpretation was handed down to EBU TDs 
> at a training course. So I rule per the White book in EBU events and per the 
> WBF in events where the sponsor is not the EBU. ... but then I'm always in 
> trouble with the EBU :)

I'm curious how any kind of cheat can "take advantage" by exposing two 
cards at a single turn.