Re: Clubbed Queen

> On Behalf Of Ed Reppert
> I said, inter alia:
> 
> >> It seems that either we allow East to withdraw his card, or we rule
> >> that he is required to have noticed that the declarer has committed
> >> an irregularity, required to call attention to that irregularity, and
> >> required to take no further action (such as playing the CQ) until the
> >> TD has ruled on the irregularity. There is nothing in law that
> >> requires any of that, save that *if* attention is called to an
> >> irregularity, TD must be called, and no further action can take place
> >> until he rules (Law 9).
> 
> How, Sven, do you counter this argument? Or do you say that we do
> indeed require a player to have noticed that an irregularity has
> occurred, and to call attention thereto (or, presumably, sit and do
> nothing until someone else does)? If the latter, what is the legal
> basis of this position?

I require East to pay sufficient attention to the game (Law 74B1) to be
aware that no card has been played from Dummy and thus does not play his own
card to that trick.

Sven

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