January 2009

January 2009 REVOKE

QUESTION

A defender does not follow suit and partner immediately asks if he has no cards of that suit. He corrects the revoke by playing a card of the suit led and his incorrectly played card becomes a major penalty card. However, as a discard, it is probably a part of a partnership agreement. What should happen?

ANSWER

Law61B3 now, as a result of the last update of the Laws, indicates that a defender may ask his partner (at the risk of creating unauthorized information) if he has revoked. However if the incorrectly played card is a part of a partnership agreement as it probably is the infringer has passed (probably accidentally) unauthorized information which must not be used by his partner. A director, if called, should

a) inform both pairs of such a possibility
b) ask them to continue playing
c) call him at the end of the hand if they think that anyone has been damaged.