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

[Eric Landau]

At 06:52 PM 10/9/06, Steve wrote:

>Would any of the following be an offence
>
>[1] "It's not your lead partner - you didn't win the last trick" as
>partner is about to pull a card from their hand.
>
>[2] "You won that trick partner". Partner is absent mindedly gazing
>around the room waiting for somebody else to lead.
>
>[3] "Who won that trick - you all appear to be claiming it" as I am in
>the process of turning my card over and deciding which way to turn it
>(I've actually turned it face down but am still holding it).

I'll let the legal eagles thrash out the theory, but I can tell you 
this:  Where I play, any of those remarks would be perfectly acceptable 
and cause no comment or action by the opponents.  Anyone who called the 
director to complain about such actions would be considered by the vast 
majority of the players to be inappropriately disrupting the game.


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