[blml] Angels on the point of a needle?

[Wayne Burrows]

On 23/10/2007, Jerry Fusselman <jfusselman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/22/07, Wayne Burrows <wjburrows at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It is not the premature lead that is an infraction it is the delayed
> > turning down of a card.  The law says "When four cards have been
> > played to a trick, each player turns his own card face down near him
> > on the table."  L65A 2007
> >
> > "When..." indicates the time for the players to turn down their cards.
> >  And the time indicated is 'at the time' or 'as soon as' all four
> > players have played not at some other time after a delay.
> >
>
> Amazing.  Do you give the opponents even one second to digest the four
> cards if they want it, or is that too long?  In your view, no one has
> the right to look at the previous trick if they take longer to do it
> than you do?  They should just instantly turn it over when you want
> them too?  What if an opponent is handicapped in some way?  I like
> where I play better, where generally everyone at the table gets to
> look at the last trick and be satisfied it is time to go on before
> turning the cards, and after the cards are turned, the next card is
> led.
>
> Jerry Fusselman
>

Its not my view it is what the law says.  If a delay was appropriate
then the law should not begin "When..."

The players (defenders and declarer) still have a right to inspect the
previous trick provided that their side has not played to the next
trick L66A 2007.  There is nothing in the laws however allowing those
players to attempt to delay the game by holding their card face it.
It is a clear infraction of L65A requiring the card to be turned down
"When..." all four players have played to the previous trick.

Wayne