Declarer is a ....

[bluejak]

This seemed too simple, so I just thought I would check. The correct player leads, and declarer starts to put his hand down as dummy. After two suits he is stopped, and the TD is called. Now what?

[BunnyGo]

Does seem easy. Law 48B2 says:

 

When declarer faces his cards at any time other

than immediately after an opening lead out of

turn, he may be deemed to have made a claim or

concession of tricks (unless he demonstrably did

not intend to claim), and Law 68 then applies.

 

It seems pretty clear that he did not intend to claim, and so Law 48A applies:

 

Declarer is not subject to restriction for exposing a

card (but see Law 45c2), and no card of declarer’s

or dummy’s hand ever becomes a penalty card. de-

clarer is not required to play any card dropped ac-

cidentally.

 

So it seems that declarer should pick his cards up quickly, and the defenders are welcome to remember as much as they can and play accordingly.

[Bbradley62]

Seems straight forward... Declarer is not subject to penalty cards, and he demonstrably did not intend to claim. Pick up your cards, let's see the dummy, and continue. The cards that got exposed are AI for defenders.

[RMB1]

The correct player leads, and declarer starts to put his hand down as dummy. After two suits he is stopped, and the TD is called. Now what?

If the correct player has led face down and this has not faced, then we are in the auction period. Declarer's exposed cards remain faced on the table and the auction is still over. When the opening lead is faced, the cards are picked up and dummy is put down. Play continues. Declarer's previously exposed cards are authorised information for the defenders.

 

If the correct player has faced the opening lead then the TD determines that declarer did not intend to claim, tells declarer to pick up his cards (and ... as above).

 

Defenders may have been misled if (for instance) declarer exposed apparent complete suits but left one card of the suit hidden. Law 73F applies.

Edited November 8, 2011 by RMB1

[iviehoff]

The correct player leads, and declarer starts to put his hand down as dummy. After two suits he is stopped, and the TD is called. Now what?

There is no provision for declarer becoming dummy except when the wrong defender leads, so this does not result in declarer and dummy swapping roles. Rather it amounts to declarer exposing a lot of his cards.

 

Exposure of a lot of cards by declarer can be a claim, but since demonstrably he didn't intend to claim, it isn't a claim (L68A - which specifically cites this case as an example).

 

Declarers can in general pick up exposed cards without penalty, but, unless accidentally dropped, they count as played cards (L48). So declarer has in effect played all of these cards out of turn (L45C2, L57C2). If they are all revokes, they can all be picked up. Of any potential non-revokes, fortunately he probably exposed the whole suit simultaneously, so (L58) declarer can choose which one to play; if both suits are non-revokes he must choose a card to play from the first suit exposed. Dummy must now be spread and declarer must now play from dummy, and Declarer's RHO gets to choose his play in sight of both plays.

[Vampyr]

If the correct player has lead ...

Defenders may have been mislead

 

We had a thread on this recently!

[aguahombre]

We had a thread on this recently!

Yes, and it included "led" versus "lead" :rolleyes:

 

I don't know which you were referring to, but a big + either way.