Re: OLOOT, asked first

"Robert Frick" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.games.bridge.laws
Message-ID <op.yiuu78u9bd67ou@december2014>
On Fri, 10 Jun 2016 03:39:53 -0400, Sven Pran <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Matthias Berghaus
>> Am 10.06.2016 um 03:27 schrieb Robert Frick:
>> > On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 21:14:14 -0400, David Grabiner
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Law 47E1:
>> >>
>> >> A lead out of turn (or play of a card) may be retracted without
>> >> further rectification if the player was mistakenly informed by an
>> >> opponent that it was his turn to lead or play. A lead or play may not
>> >> be accepted by his LHO in this circumstance.
>> >>
>> >> Therefore, assuming the wrong answer came from declarer or dummy,
>> >> declarer cannot accept this lead by spreading his hand. Declarer
>> >> picks up his hand, the correct defender leads, and the defenders can
> play
>> double-dummy.
>> > Declarer picks up his hand? That seems overly kind. Does a retracted
> OLOOT
>> end the auction period?
>>
>> Who cares? A specific law (here 47E1) overrides any general law. "A lead
> or play
>> may not be accepted by his LHO in this circumstance". So presumed declarer
>> remains declarer since he can`t become dummy. Overly kind? The defenders
> are
>> going to defend double dummy. If this is kind...
>> If you meant kind to the defenders, well, they are the non-offending side
> here,
>> having been misinformed about the lead, so why should they have a problem?
>
> [Sven Pran]
> Declarer certainly picks up his hand, so the advantage to defenders depends
> on how well they noticed and remember declarer's cards.

You may be right, but you usually mention a law. Here all you have to say is that an opening lead out of turn ends the auction period. And cite the law.
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