[blml] The Rubaiyat of Law 58B2

[Peter Eidt]

> (Intending to lead the S2 from SQ32, dropping the SQ and S2 together,
> and choosing to play the SQ)
> 
> 
> > Law 50B:
> 
> > "A single card below the rank of an honour
> > and exposed inadvertently (as in playing
> > two cards to a trick, or in dropping a
> > card accidentally) becomes a minor
> > penalty card ....."
> 
> > The Director rules that your deuce of
> > spades is a major penalty card, not a
> > minor penalty card.  The Director's
> > reasoning is that because you originally
> > intended to lead the deuce of spades, that
> > card was not exposed inadvertently.
> > 
> > You appeal to the National Authority.  How
> > should the National Authority rule?
> 
> The S2 became exposed as the result of an inadvertent action; it was
> not deliberately played in the sense of the other examples of major
> penalty cards in L50B (lead out of turn or revoke retracted). 
> Consistent with the spirit of the Law, and the fact that the S2 had
> not been played at the time of the infraction, I rule that the S2 is a
> minor penalty card.

No, not the exposure of the S2 was inadvertent, but
the exposure of the SQ. Although Law 58 B2 allows a
change of mind by selecting the card offender (now)
proposes to play, law 50 B does not allow so.

But I admit, that a clever player can make it very
difficult for TD to find out, what was offender's
original intent.

Having Richard's story offender telling he wanted
to play the deuce originally I rule major PC.

Peter