[blml] played or not?

[Robin Barker]

> 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?

I think declarer has called for a that is not in dummy: he has called for a trump and dummy has none.
So (L46B4) the call is void and declarer may designate any legal card.
 
Robin

 


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