[blml] Pointing out who won the trick [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Ben Schelen]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <richard.hills at immi.gov.au>
To: <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] Pointing out who won the trick [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]


> Ed Reppert:
>
> >It is commonly accepted in my neck of the woods (Rochester, NY)
> >that a defender is permitted to point out to his partner that
> >he has turned his card of the just completed trick the wrong
> >way, so long as he does so "right away" (whatever that means).
> >However, I am told by others, mostly not in the ACBL, that it
> >is illegal to do so. I can find no law which explicitly
> >addresses this question, no law that authorizes it and none
> >that expressly forbid it.
>
> [big snip]
>
> Law 65B:
>
> >>Keeping Track of the Ownership of Tricks
> >>
> >>1. Tricks Won
> >>
> >>If the player's side has won the trick, the card is pointed
> >>lengthwise toward his partner.
> >>
> >>2. Tricks Lost
> >>
> >>If the opponents have won the trick, the card is pointed
> >>lengthwise toward the opponents.
>
> Law 9A2(a):
>
> >>Unless prohibited by Law, declarer or either defender may
> >>call attention to an irregularity that occurs during the
> >>play period.
>
> Richard Hills:
>
> Failure to comply with Law 65B is an irregularity.  Since a
> defender is not prohibited by Law 65 to draw attention to a
> Law 65B irregularity, Law 9A2(a) permits a defender to do so.
>
> _Dummy_, however, is specifically prohibited by Law 9B2(b)(1)
> from drawing declarer's attention to a Law 65B irregularity by
> declarer.  Some players and National Bridge Organisations have
> suggested that in next year's Lawbook Law 65B gives a special
> exemption to dummy to allow dummy to do so "right away", that
> is before declarer's side plays to the next trick.
>
Until the 1987 Lawbook Law 65 ended with: "Any player may request that a
card incorrectly pointed be turned in the proper direction."

So it seems no longer permitted.
On the other hand there is Law74C4: "commenting or acting during the auction
or play so as to call attention to a significant occurence, or to the number
of tricks still required for success."

Ben