[blml] a matter of moment

[Manuela Mandache]

Hello all,

South, declarer in 4S, won the 7 first tricks and lost T8 to East's DK. The
remaining cards:
    -
    -
    Q864
    8
Q8      -
-       Q
A7      5
Q       JT7
    963
    -
    T9
    -
East leads the CJ, South ruffs with the S3 and West overruffs with the S8. For
some reason, TD is near and sees the revoke.
1. TD sais to West, "You still have Clubs." West plays the CQ to T9, H8 is a MPC
and South wins his 10 tricks. NS mark 4S=.
2. TD shuts up, the card play ends and no player noticed the revoke. Before they
mark, TD draws their attention to it, applies L64A and EW get a two tricks
penalty. NS mark 4S+1.
3. TD shuts up further more, still no player notices the revoke. NOS declares to
the next board or the turn ends and now TD draws the attention to the revoke,
applies L64B4 or 5 and C and the result stands. NS mark 4S-1.

I have been taught TD should follow point 3: L81C6 is applied in the least
interfering way possible. Nevertheless, ISTM that none of the three scenarios
contradicts the laws, so there are three perfectly legal possible results. I am
either dead wrong or not, but extremely puzzled anyway. Can you help me out of
this state? (I can hardly imagine being the first one to walk this path, but
with no thread name it is difficult to find something in the archives.)

Best regards,

Manuela