[blml] The Rubaiyat of Law 58B2

[Peter Eidt]

From: "Sven Pran" 
> > On Behalf Of Peter Eidt
> > > (Intending to lead the S2 from SQ32, dropping the SQ and S2
> > > together, and choosing to play the SQ)
> > > 
> .............
> > > 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.
> 
> Read Law 50B again:
> 
> A single card below the rank of an honour and exposed inadvertently
> (as in playing two cards to a trick, or .....) becomes a minor penalty
> card.
> 
> There is no question about which (if any) of the two exposed cards he
> intended to play. He must select one of them (Law 58B2) and the other
> is treated as an inadvertently exposed card.
> 
> The S2 becomes a minor penalty card.

Veto !

"as in playing two cards to a trick" does _not_ mean
that both cards are exposed inadvertently. When a 
player intends to play a card and thereby a second
card falls on the table, that (second) card is exposed
inadvertently. Also the fact, that there are 2 cards
visible, is of course inadvertent. But the exposure
of the S2 is not inadvertent. And only that matters
in law 50 B.
But - again - the TD will have to struggle for that
fact.

Peter