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Blackshoe Please explain your 1st sentence. Its bewildering. What flaw are we talking about and pray what does "does not say what is asserted" mean in plain english. We are talking about when a board may be removed not what isn't written in Law8B As for your 2nd sentence I really thought thats what I said <_<

For Cyber Yeti Definition: “Play” the front of the 2007 Law Book <<Quote Play — 1. The contribution of a card from one’s hand to a trick, including the first card, which is the lead. 2. The aggregate of plays made. 3. The period during which the cards are played. 4. The aggregate of the calls and plays on a board. >>End quote <<Quote Law 8B. End of Round 1. In general, a round ends when the Director gives the signal for the start of the following round; but if any table has not completed play by that time, the round continues for that table until there has been a progression of players. >>End quote So according to the definitions, once a player has made a bid/call the board must be finished, Law 8B says so. Otherwise a board(s) that has not been started on the current round it can be removed by the TD.

VixTD Of course Law 8B prevents you from removing a board from the current round once started I used to remove a board for the offenders inbetween rounds.

This is a quote from the EBU White Book that I used when TD’ing for slow play <<Quote ..81.4.2 Pairs events If the TD is unable to establish which pair is to blame, then he should award average for each board removed. A non-offending pair is entitled to A+, and an offending pair receives A– (see #12.1.1). A TD is entitled to be stricter with a pair known to be slow. Inexperienced players, the infirm and the elderly should be treated less strictly.Unquote>> In a club where you have TD’d for many years you “know” the players that play slowly and it’s the TD’s job to watch these players. They used to get one warning and if slow play continued a board was removed. It is in black and white that you can do this (see above) and one of the posters edits this book. The score assigned for slow play was as quoted above so how folk can say its “illegal” is beyond me. After applying this remedy the slow players soon speeded up and eventually "slow play" went away. EBU land

SAYC - Dealer S - no opps bidding - All Vul How to bid this one W N E S - - - P P ? ♠ 9 ♥ AK95 ♦ AQ98 ♣ AKQJ ♠ AQ53 ♥ T8 ♦ K82 ♣ 9765 thanks

Simple question Was watching high level tourney on BBO Bidding no interference - no alerts 1N - 2C - 2D - 2NT - end 2C stayman bidder had 2S and 3H so non promissory. Should this be (self)alerted on BBO as it could make a big difference to the opps lead. Thx Chas