[blml] Quick Duck

[Wayne Burrows]

On 06/09/07, Herman De Wael <hermandw at skynet.be> wrote:
> Wayne Burrows wrote:
> > In another forum a poster responded to this question:
> >
> > "On the diamond lead, (you have Tx of diamonds opposite Kx), what do
> > you play? MP." - Kx in dummy if that is not clear.
> >
> > "Quick duck seems clear "
> >
> > I am not sure exactly what was intended by "Quick duck" but it seems
> > to me that an "in tempo duck" is ok but a "quick duck" could be
> > construed as trying to deceive the opponents by varying your tempo.
> >
> > "A player may not attempt to mislead an opponent by means of remark or
> > gesture, through the haste or hesitancy of a call or play (as in
> > hesitating before playing a singleton), or by the manner in which the
> > call or play is made." L73D2
> >
> > Could a "quick duck" be a violation here?
>
> I imagine the original poster intended quick to be "in tempo" here.
>
> If a player has no problem and can follow suit, in tempo equates to
> "quick". There can be no quicker than in tempo when following suit
> with small cards.

There surely can be when the tempo break is at trick one.

Wayne

>
> Your problem is a genuine one, Wayne, but not when ducking a suit.
>
> >
> > Wayne
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