[blml] Turn but a stone

[gesta at tiscali.co.uk]

Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
[also grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk]
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"Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein,
and he that rolleth a stone, it will return 
upon him."
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim West-Meads" <twm at cix.co.uk>
To: <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] This week's defender play.


>> Robin Barker wrote:
>> 
>> So L57A says the high heart is a penalty card, L47B 
>> says it is  withdrawn (while the next two players in rotation 
>> play), L16C says withdrawn actions are unauthorised to 
>> OS, from the thinking ruffing and not ruffing are logical 
> > alternatives, and ruffing is the one not suggested by the 
> > high heart.
> 
>  Tim commented:
> Nevertheless the HK is a penalty card and the knowledge 
> that it must be played to the current trick is AI - rendering 
> ruffing not an LA.
>
+=+ A fine point. However, one may think that the relevant 
information here does not come from partner's "possession 
of a penalty card"*. The information that partner has a card 
capable of winning the trick derives from the action of the 
offending side that has been withdrawn - "its own withdrawn 
action" - Law 16C2 - as distinct from partner's possession 
of a penalty card (*WBFLC minute 3 of 24th August 1998).
 The WBFLC minute states that information based on sight of 
partner's penalty card is unauthorized, so that the information 
that RHO can take the trick is unauthorized to LHO).
                                      ~ Grattan ~   +=+