[blml] played or not?

[Ed Reppert]

On Aug 7, 2007, at 6:50 AM, Herman De Wael wrote:

> The contract is 3NT but declarer is confused and he thinks  he's
> playing 5 diamonds. He plays a card from hand and instructs dummy to
> "ruff". When the table stops laughing, the director is called.
> Has the lowest diamond been played or not?

No. Law 46B4. "Ruff" designates a trump, but there are no trumps in  
dummy (or anywhere else, for that matter).