[blml] L25A or not

[Matthias Berghaus]

Sven Pran schrieb:
>> On Behalf Of Matthias Berghaus
>>     
> .............
>   
>> have I missed something? Where does it say that the TD may not look at a
>> player`s hand? It often is a bad idea, agreed, and should be avoided,
>> but for the life of me I cannot find a rule where it says "the TD may
>> not look at a player`s hand" or some such.
>>     
>
> You will not find this in any law.
>   

Of course not.

> But it is a fact that when a Director announces his ruling after having
> (possibly) inspected cards involved he cannot avoid suspicion that his
> ruling was actually influenced from what he saw.
>   

Sure. So you try without looking. But sometimes you realize that you are 
unable to get the difference between 25A and 25B over to the player. 
Very rarely, but it happens. So you have no choice, have you? You cannot 
flip a coin and possibly adjust the score later.

> This implies that the players are given essential information which they are
> not entitled to, i.e. they have unauthorized information about the board
> given to them by the Director.

Not in 25A, and not if the players do not know whether the TD has seen 
the cards. If you zake the player round the corner.... No problem there. 
Of course you have to avoid giving UI as TD, no question about it.

>  This is in many cases sufficient to
> subsequently rule that the board can no longer be played and scored
> normally, a situation the Director must avoid by all means.
>   

Right. And he can, if he is careful.

Regards
Matthias

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