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ary to waive certain penalties. II
you realize that your opponent
/ made his mistake In all innocence
and the illegal play does not af.
feet the result Of the hand. This
applies only to rubber bridge. In du.
plicate you should exact all penalties
to which you are entitled. For ex-
ample. If an opponent revokes, and
you pleasantly tell him to take the
revoke back-you won't count this
score Is thereby raised, and the scores
of all the other pairs playing his way
are correspondingly lowered They
have played correctly, and they do
not deserve this handicap.
In rubber bridge. there are . num-
-ber- Of laws In connection with shuf-
fling. cutting and dealing, which are
rarely violated. We automatically
give the pack to an opponent to cut
before we deal. If. In the stress Of
talking about the recent drop In the
stock market. we neglect to do that,
and one Of the players at the table
suddenly recalls our omission before
he has looked at his cards, and be-
fore the last card Is dealt, he may
call for o new deal. The cut must
contain at least four cards In the
smaller packet, or else It is not valid.
And the dealers partner must Shufde
the cards In full view Of the other
players.
Occasionally, you may find yourself
playing against . player who starts
picking his cards up slowly In the
middle Of the deal. Though this Is
strictly against the laws Of contract
bridge, you usually are willing to
overlook his onense But II he should
inadvertently chance to face q card
by doing this, the opponent on his
left. after looking at his own hand.
may or may not demand . new deal
No matter what he elects to do. how
ever. his partner will probably turn
up with the wrong type of hand
either bust or power-house.
Most players have Q definite pref
erence IS to seats and cards. II the
opponents manage to steal your cards
by dealing out Of turn, you must
catch them before the last card ID
dealt. Otherwise they can keep your
deck for the duration Of the rubber,
If you don't subsequently deal out
Of turn yourself.
The favorite question, May re-
view the bidding?" may be made
only when it Is your turn to bid:
or after the auction - closed, but
before the opening lead has been
made. Otherwise, the opponents
may call for Q new deal. You may
at any time say. what are we
playing?" or-.Was I doubled?"; but
you can't ask who doubled you. II
you do. you won't get any answer.
You hear people automatically
say arranging" when they are
paving dummy's cards. That is the
old law, "A card touched u . card
played" You can't take an ace out
Of dummys hand-hold 1t above the
table for q few seconds, and then
put 1t back, and decide TO play .
low card. A card from declarer's
hand Is not considered played, how
ever, until declarer has relinquished
his grasp on it.
Some people misstate the law re-
garding q completed lead or play,
as far as the opponents are con-
cerned, by saying, II saw that card.
You have to play It," An opponent
does not have to play any card un-
less his partner has seen q portion
Of its face. The partner is presum-
by the exposure.
II the opponents have casually
appropriated one Of your tricks, you
may claim this trick ut any time
before the cards are punched to-
gether for shufding.
After . trick Is once turned face
down. 1t may not be looked at again
unless:
10 There Is some doubt who won
It.
CD It contains more or less than
four cards. q
(c) An opponent wishes to sub
stitute q card for Q revoke which
hasn't become established.
(O One Of the opponents believes
he has revoked. His request to look
at the trick may be refused, but II
It Is, then no penalty for . revoke
can be taken.
You are entitled to ask the play
ers at the table to specify what
cards they have played On . GER
tain trick before e has been Quilted
II an opponent looks at . Quilted
trick, you may call the lead on him.
(Copyrisht, 1o34A II
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