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

[Harald Skjæran]

On 01/02/2008, Hans van Staveren <sater at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 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.

I've never heard of this before.
It does in deed seem like a logical and interesting idea to me. But
it's not according to Law.

-- 
Kind regards,
Harald Skjæran
>
> Hans van Staveren
>
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