[blml] The Rubaiyat of Law 58B2

[Sven Pran]

> On Behalf Of Herman De Wael
> Sent: 9. september 2006 11:04
> To: blml
> Subject: Re: [blml] The Rubaiyat of Law 58B2
> 
> Sven Pran wrote:
> >>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.
> >
> > Regards Sven
> >
> 
> I'm siding with Peter on this one. We know that 2 cards are always
> MPC, but also quite reasonably rule that each of two played
> simultaneously can remain a mPC, provided L50B applies.
> 
> So we need to examine the S2 in the light of L50B, and it contains 2
> conditions: it must be a small card (it is) and it must be exposed
> inadvertently. That, according to the story, is not the case. Major PC

Why do you then think the "clarifying" parenthesis in Law 50B is written
"(as in _playing_ two cards to a trick, _or_ in _dropping_ a card
accidentally)"? 

The laws assume that when two cards are exposed simultaneously in an action
of playing to a trick then the entire action is considered to be accidental.

Also notice that Law 58B says: "If more than one card is visible, the player
designates the card he _proposes_ to play", it does not require the player
to disclose which (if any) of the exposed cards he _intended_ to play.

The player is free to change his mind and the resulting penalty card shall
be treated as a card exposed accidentrally.

Sven