[blml] AI or UI

[Gampas at aol.com]

In a message dated 20/11/2007 01:48:28 GMT Standard Time, adam at irvine.com  
writes:

> East leads H-K, strongly suggesting possession of the Q, out of  turn. 
> The TD gives South, declarer, his options, and he requires a  heart lead. 
> The H-K is picked up; West duly leads a small H, and East  plays the Q.
> 
> 1. Under the 1997 Laws, is East's possession of  H-K AI or UI to West?
 
This reminds me of a somewhat different one, where my partner led a club  out 
of turn. The declarer, having been read his options, chose that I led a  
club, but I was void. I therefore led another suit, and the director  seemed 
uncertain whether the fact that I had a club void was now UI to my  partner, as 
that information was not gleaned from the "withdrawn action" but was  gleaned 
from the failure to comply with the penalty, but I think that it  was "arising" 
from the "withdrawn action" so is UI. Those more familiar  with this than I 
will no doubt regard this as trivial. At the table, my partner  did not return a 
club when he gained the lead, as he thought that he could not  have otherwise 
been sure it was the right defence, which he thought was the  ethical way to 
behave.
 
Paul