Re: Incompletely designated ruff

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Seems many directors would rule based upon the principal of an incontrovertible line of play based on the players ability – and YES, this is always a slippery slope...

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> On Oct 19, 2016, at 5:58 AM, David Grabiner <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Spades are trumps.  Dummy has J4 of spades.  Declarer leads a heart from 
> hand, which LHO ruffs with the S5.  Declarer says, "ruff". Does he play 
> the SJ or the S4?
> 
> The argument for overruffing is that "ruff" is equivalent to "win" (as 
> if he had led the S2 from hand).  The argument for underruffing is that 
> he didn't notice the play; if he had led towards an AQ in dummy and 
> said, "queen", the queen would be played even if LHO had played the king.
> 
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