[blml] "board" vs. "deal" (opinion poll)

[Alain Gottcheiner]

Sven Pran a écrit :
> I believe the difference between "board" and "deal" becomes clearer if you
> consider tournaments where at the same time several copies of the same board
> are in use. "Deal" then refers to how the 52 cards are split between the
> four hands as the result of a dealing process while "board" refers to each
> individual physical implementation of this deal.
>   
AG : Quite so. And this means cancelling a board (because it's fouled) 
isn't the same thing as cancelling a deal.
There is indeed a good reason for this distinction, especially for 
Platonician TDs  ;-)

Best regards

   Alain