[blml] Another Law that players need to know

[Harald Skjæran]

On 12/09/06, David Grabiner <grabiner at alumni.princeton.edu> wrote:
>
> We have had previous discussions on BLML about which Laws players actually
> need to know.  They need to know the basic rules of the game, the
> Proprieties, and fundamental principles such as what to do about UI and
> that
> the Director should be called when anything goes wrong.  They don't need
> to
> know the penalty for an opening bid out of turn or a conventional
> insufficient bid, since the Director will make sure that the proper
> penalty
> is enforced.
>
> However, I encountered a new situation in which the player does need to
> know
> the penalty: the revoke, because the penalty is imposed only later.
>
> I was West, dummy (North) led a diamond, East (who was out) played a
> hearts,
> and South revoked by playing a heart.  I won the trick, and South
> established the revoke by leading (out of turn) to the next trick,
> thinking
> he had won the trick.  We called the (playing) Director, who told us to
> play
> on, leave the cards out, and the penalty would be imposed at the end.  She
> didn't mention the penalty at that time.
>
> I cashed several tricks, and then I was left with a low heart and a low
> diamond.  North had a high heart and a high spade, and South had a high
> diamond and a high club.  If I led a heart, North would get two tricks,
> and
> the revoke penalty would be one trick.  If I led a diamond, South would
> win
> the trick with a card he could have played on the revoke trick, and the
> revoke penalty would be two tricks.  By knowing the Laws, I gained an
> extra
> trick.


When I'm called as a TD in cases like this, I always inform the players of
how a revoke will be penalized after play, including the difference between
a one and two trick penalty, depending on whether the revoker later win or
doesn't win a trick with a card in the suit led to the revoke trick.

Not doing so would be an error on my part.
The consequence being that a later law 82C ruling might apply, leading to a
split score.

Regards,
Harald

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Kind regards,
Harald Skjæran
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