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- From: reha@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (reha.gur)
- Subject: Re: Is this an infraction?
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:06:01 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.170601.12087@cbnewsi.cb.att.com>
- Summary: no
- References: <C1C78v.KAu@ais.org>
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- In article <C1C78v.KAu@ais.org>, hampton@ais.org (Kevin Podsiadlik) writes:
- > A hypothetical question on the Laws:
- >
- > ...
- > in his own hand. "Wait a minute," says East, who then shuffles through
- > dummy's diamonds to reveal that the ace among them is in fact the ace of
- > HEARTS. (The suit of the card was completely hidden from view, so that
- > only the red "A" was visible. Dummy was unavailable for comment after
- > the hand.)
- >
- > ...
-
- From the facts given, no (not unethical). All players have a right to
- a clear view of dummy and can ask for the cards to be spread out.
- This in no way implies that you have the card that was obscured.
-
- It is easy to not give away what was in your hand,
- but it could be the case that a person might exhibit behaviour
- (such as looking at his hand multiple times, scracthing his head and possibly
- saying "that CAN't be the ace of diamonds.) This would be clearly unethical.
-
- On a related note, I was dummy and when a card was played to a trick by a
- defender I noticed that it was two cards stuck together. This was a club game
- with the opponent being friends. Should I have have pointed this out? Well
- being the nice guy that I am I did, thinking that the person would pick up
- both cards and play the correct one. The person turned out to be a klutz
- and exposed the other card which was now a penalty card. My opponents were
- quick to point out that I was dummy and I should not have said anyting.
- was I justified or should I have kept my mouth shut.
-
- reha gur
-