Re: We never apply 45C4....
Steve Willner <[email protected]>
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On 2017-02-21 12:42 PM, Volker Walther wrote: > East [declarer] ... played H Ace followed by the seven [to KJx in > dummy]. South slammed the Queen on the table and slightly irritated > East ordered the Ace. Recognising her fault, she tried to correct it > and said "Jack, King of cause". King is played for two reasons: 1. on the facts reported, declarer's intent to play the high card seems incontrovertible. (Someone already mentioned this.) 2. South's "slammed" is an infraction of Law 73A2. This is a "should" Law, which means a violation is not often penalized, but if the violation damages the other side, L12C1 applies. Does anyone believe East was about to play the jack if South had played normally? Technically this violation should result in an adjusted score at the end of play, but a practical Director (with the cover of L45C4) will just rule that the K is played and let the players get on with it. On different facts -- where South played normally and East just said "jack" with no confusion -- the jack would be played. _______________________________________________ Blml mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rtflb.org/mailman/listinfo/blml