Claim Law 68
The other day at our club someone claimed with six cards to go. One of the opponents objected and asked the declarer to play it out. Declarer objected to that as she had claimed. The claiming pair are experienced open players the opponents intermediates. The playing Director was the partner of the declarer that had claimed the rest of the tricks.
Law 682b states upon the request of the non claiming side play may continue subject to
b1 all four players must concur, otherwise the Director is summoned.
In this case that was difficult firstly the claiming player did not agree and secondly the playing director was her partner. Usually when someone from the opposition asks to play it out, the claiming slide just plays it but this was not the case.
How would you rule in this situation, as it turned out declarer was wrong claiming the rest of the tricks
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- SHARON MOSLEY03 Apr 2021 at 02:14PM
Hi Marion
I agree with your interpretation of the law. It is good practise for a playing director to ask for someone else to adjudicate at their table, a senior player would suffice. The non-claiming pair could ask for the director to read the rule out from the book.
Regards
Sharon
- NICK WHITTEN04 Apr 2021 at 08:59AM
The option to play the hand out is new to the latest version laws (prior to that it wasn't an option)
But it only applies if all four players agree (so that includes dummy)Otherwise Law 70 kicks in
Applying that law doesn't require any director skills (as long as they read the law carefully), just bridge judgement
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