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[hv=pc=n&s=sak84ha96daqt32c3&w=st5ht8432d97cakq5&n=sj963hq7dk6cj7642&e=sq72hkj5dj854ct98]399|300|Contract 4S by North. Lead was a club taken with the Q. AC was then led and N trumped. Now led a small diamond to the K. Played the JS (not covered) then small spade to the K. WEST showed out. North now played the QD, AS which was ruffed - revoke established. At the end of the play North was down two. The restitution made the hand down one. North claims that that penalty does not give equity. North will make the hand if there is not revoke. How do you rule?[/hv]

West hand: S T 5 H T 8 4 3 2 D 9 7 C A K Q 5 East hand: S Q 7 2 H K J 5 D J 8 5 4 C J 9 8 Hope this is clearer.

Dealer S, all Vul. Contract 4S by N N J 9 6 3 Q 7 K 6 T 7 6 4 2 West T 5 Q 7 2 East T 8 4 3 2 K J 5 9 7 J 8 5 4 A K Q 5 J 9 8 S A K 8 4 A 9 6 A Q T 3 2 3 A club was led, taken by the Q, the AC was led and ruffed in dummy. Declarer now led the small diamond to his K. Played the JS (not covered) and won the trick. Then played the KS and West showed out. Declared played the QD, then AD which was trumped by West. I do not know the rest of the play, but the final result was down two for -200. This was corrected to -100 due to the revoke. The declarer claims that this result does not restore equity, as if West had followed to the second trump the Declarer would have make the contract. How do you rule? For your information only, the hand was played 2 other times, one North made the hand and one South only made three. Thanks Sorry this is not in the proper format and that I did not get it sent correctly the first time.

I was South and opened 1♣ My LHO overcalled 4♦ My partner (N) now bid 4NT. Is 4NT Ace asking or showing the other two suits (probable 5-5? Thanks for your replies

Bidding by South: 2C (22+points) North: 2D (waiting) South: 3NT (25-27Pts) North: 4NT East and West passed in between.

Thank you all very much. Happy I made the correct ruling. There was no damage to the non-offending side. The offending side got mixed up and the non offenders got a top board!! :lol:

At a table the other night. The North player made as if to bid. He had his hands on the Bidding Box and had quarter pulled out a bid (that no one saw) when his partner said ' It's not your bid. He immediately pushed the bidding box cards back in the bidding box. His LHO called the director. What should the ruling be? It was South's turn to bid. (North's partner). Sorry ACBL jurisdiction

Where is the "settings" box on the web BBO?

The voice no longer works on my computer. I do not understand everything that is said - I have the latest Flash, and my Internet Explorer Cache is emptied at the end of each day - do not ask me how - I cannot use the Web BBO for vugraph or for teacher's sessions. I am thankful to those teachers who use the radio link. I am fairly certain that there was a change to BBO - however minor - that caused me to lose the voice. My computer has not been changed except to upgrade the various items that are usually mentioned. Thank heaven for friends who understand computers. However, they are unable to discover what the problem is.

Congratulations - A win at that level is something most of us can only dream about and never achieve. Excellent!!

NO, I mean November 6th!! Shortly after that date - final results will be posted on the ACBL site. Clubs do NOT have to submit October results to the ACBL until November 6th after ALL the club games have been played for the month.

I am still having problems with the voice on the Web site as well. Lots of SOUND - just unable to decipher what is being said. I am not computer smart. My flash IS the latest. My cache empties automatically. (This information from the computer guy who came to see if he could figure out the problem. The sound works with all other sound programs. Also, when the voice FIRST started it worked fine on my computer.

The results will be posted on the ACBL site shortly after November 6, 2012-

I also neglected to say that the suit led is always the last one I put down - NT or Suit contract. It is supposed to give declarer time to look at the rest of the hand. It is not really a signal. As to putting the suits down with black-red-black-red I never worry about that and only change them if partner or the opps insist. So far, I can tell the difference between them (thankfully) so it makes no difference to me how dummy puts the suits down. It has never crossed my mind that someone would think that ANYONE was giving or getting some information on the way dummy puts the cards down. Sometimes it seems to me that people are too picky and should just remember that this is a card game and is meant to be enjoyable. If you go looking for trouble, be assured that trouble will find you. I have a feeling that the first poster had a reason for asking the question. Hope he/she will elaborate. It facinates me just what some people can find to get upset about. :D

I don't think it matters. I try not to put a suit/suits that we have bid on the right hand side. Partners sometimes forget the contract. (Perhaps that should read -" I "- sometimes forget the contract). :rolleyes: