[blml] Disposition of minor penalty card fourth player in trick

[Hans van Staveren]

I just had a case here where some aspiring TD's were taught by one of our TD
teachers that when you are fourth in a trick the minor penalty card penalty
does not apply.

Example, South has the spade-7 as a minor penalty card. South also has the
Spade A and 9.

Spade trick goes 2,3,8 and now South to play. According to current(and new)
law South can choose between 7 and A. According to this teacher, being
fourth to play South could play the 9. His idea undoubtedly is that since
the minor penalty card only leads to signaling penalties that should not
apply at the last hand in the trick.

Has this ever been discussed? I wonder how he got that idea.

Hans van Staveren