[blml] Correction of a revoke

[Gampas at aol.com]

In a message dated 02/01/2008 19:26:58 GMT Standard Time,  
ereppert at rochester.rr.com writes:

> Your logic seems to imply that
> paying sufficient attention  to the game requires seeing the opponent's
> hands every time one  claims.

I think his logic implies that paying sufficient attention to  the  
game means that one will know what's in opponents' hands when  one  
claims. A supposition that is probably true at expert level,  and  
nowhere close to true at the level at which I play. :-)
 
[paul lamford] Whether you notice that an opponent has revoked may be  
unrelated to whether you paid attention or not. For example, you play 6NT  by South 
on the following hands on the lead of the QS.
 
S AK5
H AQ9
D AK
C AQJ32
 
S 432
H JT3
D QJ
C KT987
 
You win the lead and cross to the ten of clubs on which West shows out. You  
take the heart finesse which loses and you say: One down, I will not insult 
you  by playing them out, a spade to you. At half-time you notice that West did 
have  a club. It is now too late to do anything about it, but you have not 
been  inattentive in any way.