blackshoe, on 2018-September-10, 21:26, said:
Don't know, don't care. Dura lex, sed lex.
Fair enough in itself. But laws should be hard when the lawmakers have thought things through and intend it.
gordontd, on 2018-September-11, 00:17, said:
It encourages people to play cards in order, clockwise, which is one of the most basic requirements of the game. Failure to do this may well upset or confuse opponents, so it shouldn't be encouraged.
Yes I agree with this, and I'm not even a great fan of the principle that one should not pay for irregularities which do not damage equity, come to that. But calling a play from the dummy when it is your turn to play after RHO has lead is clearly a mistake and cannot damage the opponents in terms of actual play. I still find it gratuitously severe that you are forced to play the named card after LHO has played to your lead, where of course it is now likely to cost a trick. By comparison, if you make the analogous (but perhaps less innocent) mistake of calling a play from the dummy when it is your turn to lead from hand, you are not (I think) forced to play the named card after LHO has played to your lead.