Re: Unable to ruff

Peter Smulders <[email protected]> Sun, 31 Mar 2019 00:01:44 +0100
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In addition, dummy's remark "I can't ruff, we are playing No Trump!" is 
a violation of Law 43 A1c:

"Dummy must not participate in the play, nor may he communicate anything 
about the play to declarer."

Op 30-3-2019 om 18:22 schreef Robert Frick:
> Yes. To say the obvious, declarer meant the queen of spades. Aren't there several ways to get to this ruling? I can't see any way to make the pointing to the queen of spades go away.
>
> Actually, if declared points at the queen of spades and says "queen of hearts", I will accept that as a call for the queen of spades even if the queen of hearts is in dummy. To me, there is something very primitive about pointing.
>
>
> On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 09:20:09 -0400, Volker Walther <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Playing NT, declarer leads a small diamond towards dummy, who has no
>> diamonds. LHO follows suit. Declarer  says "ruff, please", pointing to
>> the queen of spades.
>>
>> Dummy: I can't ruff, we are playing No Trump!
>>
>> Is the Queen played?
>>
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    <p>In addition, dummy's remark "I can't ruff, we are playing No
      Trump!" is a violation of Law 43 A1c:</p>
    <p>"<span style="left: 203.633px; top: 310.708px; font-size: 18.3px;
        font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.934365);">Dummy
        must not participate in the play, nor may he communicate
        anything about the </span><span style="left: 203.633px; top:
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        transform: scaleX(0.936146);">play to declarer."</span></p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Op 30-3-2019 om 18:22 schreef Robert
      Frick:<br>
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      <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Yes. To say the obvious, declarer meant the queen of spades. Aren't there several ways to get to this ruling? I can't see any way to make the pointing to the queen of spades go away.

Actually, if declared points at the queen of spades and says "queen of hearts", I will accept that as a call for the queen of spades even if the queen of hearts is in dummy. To me, there is something very primitive about pointing.


On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 09:20:09 -0400, Volker Walther <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]">&lt;[email protected]&gt;</a> wrote:

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        <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Playing NT, declarer leads a small diamond towards dummy, who has no
diamonds. LHO follows suit. Declarer  says "ruff, please", pointing to
the queen of spades.

Dummy: I can't ruff, we are playing No Trump!

Is the Queen played?

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