[blml] AI or UI

[Alain Gottcheiner]

Steve Willner a écrit :
>>> 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.
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>> From: Adam Beneschan <adam at irvine.com>
>> In the 1997 Laws, I think [H-K] is pretty clearly UI, by Law 16C2,
>> since the HK is a withdrawn play. 
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> If I thought it were "clear," I wouldn't have asked.  Adam's is 
> certainly a reasonable interpretation, but is "picked up" really a 
> subset of "withdrawn?"  Was H-K even "played," given that it never 
> became part of any trick?
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I'd say it was, because it complies with the specifications of L45C.

L47B tells us about picking up played cards when they were illegally 
played, thereby implying that "illegally played" is a subset of "played".

Best regards

  Alain