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Declarer is playing 1NT.
Mid hand dummy has :
♥JTxx
♣AJ
... and some other cards.
Declarer plays a ♣ to the A , and says "Jack". Dummy plays the ♣J , next hand covers with the ♣Q. At this point declarer says "Oh, I meant to play the ♥J". Is the ♣J from dummy a played card? Would it be different if defender has not followed suit yet? Would it be different if dummy did not touch a card, but defender did follow? Whose responsibility is it to resolve the ambiguity about which Jack is played after declarer's incomplete designation? Is there any default that declarer continues the same suit unless he specifies otherwise?
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Which Jack?
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Posted 2010-August-23, 02:15
The answer to last question is Yes.
I does not matter which cards have been touched by dummy or played by defenders, ♣J is played.
(except when declarer’s different intention is incontrovertible)
Law 46B3a said:
In leading, declarer is deemed to have continued the suit in which dummy won the preceding trick provided there is a card of the designated rank in that suit.
I does not matter which cards have been touched by dummy or played by defenders, ♣J is played.
(except when declarer’s different intention is incontrovertible)
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Posted 2010-August-23, 02:39
RMB1, on Aug 23 2010, 09:15 AM, said:
The answer to last question is Yes.
I does not matter which cards have been touched by dummy or played by defenders, ♣J is played.
(except when declarer’s different intention is incontrovertible)
Law 46B3a said:
In leading, declarer is deemed to have continued the suit in which dummy won the preceding trick provided there is a card of the designated rank in that suit.
I does not matter which cards have been touched by dummy or played by defenders, ♣J is played.
(except when declarer’s different intention is incontrovertible)
Agreed. And if declarer is allowed to change his play from dummy then the information that RHO holds the ♣Q is authorized to LHO but unauthorized for Declarer. (RHO restores the ♣Q to his hand without any rectification.)
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Posted 2010-August-23, 05:33
I have to agree with RMB1 here - declarer needed to have been more careful and asked specifically for the Jack of Hearts, since there is a rule that says he is deemed to ask for the previous trick's suit.
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Posted 2010-August-23, 07:52
undoubtedly jack of same suit[!C] when the suit is not specified.
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Law46B3 reads:-3. If declarer designates a rank but not a suit
(a) In leading, declarer is deemed to have continued the suit in which dummy won the preceding trick provided there is a card of the designated rank in that suit.
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In all other cases declarer must play a card from dummy of the designated rank if he can legally do so; but if there are two or more such cards that can be legally played declarer must designate which is intended.
MBVSubrahmanyam.
India.
Law46B3 reads:-3. If declarer designates a rank but not a suit
(a) In leading, declarer is deemed to have continued the suit in which dummy won the preceding trick provided there is a card of the designated rank in that suit.
(
In all other cases declarer must play a card from dummy of the designated rank if he can legally do so; but if there are two or more such cards that can be legally played declarer must designate which is intended.
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