[blml] L55A ambiguity?

[John Probst]

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From: "David Burn" <dalburn at btopenworld.com>
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Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 3:55 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] L55A ambiguity?


> [TNLB L55A]
>
> If declarer has led out of turn from his or dummy's hand, either defender
> may accept the lead as provided in Law 53, or require its retraction 
> (after
> misinformation, see Law 47E1). If the defenders choose differently the
> option expressed by the player next in turn shall prevail.
>
> [Robert Geller]
>
> Let's take a concrete example.  South is the declarer, and he has the 
> lead,
> but he calls for a card from dummy (North). East says he wants to accept 
> the
> LOOT, but West says he wants to refuse it ... My question is, which 
> defender
> (E or W) is the "player next in turn" specified in L55A?
>
> [DALB]
>
> If the lead comes from North and North is the player out of turn, then 
> South
> is the player in turn and the player next in turn is West. Of course, 
> that's
> not what the lawmakers want - they want East to be able just to play to 
> the
> trick without consulting West. The law isn't ambiguous; it's just wrong.
>
> Callaghan and I have this habit: when declarer leads from the wrong hand,
> the player to the left of the wrong hand will either play to the trick or
> pause to allow partner to require declarer to lead from the correct hand.
> Now, is it authorised information to me that Brian doesn't want declarer 
> to
> lead from the correct hand? Is it authorised information to him that I do
> want declarer to lead from the wrong hand, if I follow in tempo to the
> trick? (of course, he may have to guess whether I actually want this or
> whether I just haven't noticed that declarer has led from the wrong hand).
> Is my pause a "demonstrable bridge reason" for not following in tempo to 
> the
> lead from the wrong hand, if Brian says nothing and I then play to the
> trick? Or have we just been cheating these past twenty years?

That a player has led from the wrong hand is AI to both opponents. the pause 
is to allow partner to exercise his options. Playing quickly to stop him 
doing so is allowed as it's appropriate to take advantage of opps errors. 
think you're OK David :)  john
>
> David Burn
> London, England
>
>
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