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Gerry Morris

Switched hands ( 05:58:08 TueAug 19 2003 )

Country: Hong Kong

I would appreciate your help to score the following hand. The board was played correctly at table one. The hands were then switched. East/West switched and North/South switched. The mistake was not discovered until the board had been played wrongly three times. The problem was between tables 1 and 2. Table 1 pairs insist the hands were put back correctly. Table 2 insist they did not make a mistake. How do you decide who is at fault? How should I score the board. After the mistake was discovered the hand was then played correctly 6 times.

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Re: Switched hands ( 07:20:47 TueAug 19 2003 )

If I understand you correctly, it sounds like either at table one the board got turned around before the cards were put back, or at table two the board was turned around, the cards taken out, and then turned around *again*. Either way, the effect seems to be the same as if the board were simply turned around and played with the north arrow pointing to south instead of north. In that case, we simply score the board normally, using the designations in the board rather than the seats of the players to indicate who was north, south, etc. It seems to me the same principal applies here. OTOH, it's 3:30 in the morning, and it's quite possible my brain only thinks it's awake. :smile:

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Re: Switched hands ( 14:01:01 TueAug 19 2003 )

If the board was played wrongly at table two then the mistake was at table one! :smile:

Players do not foul a board before playing it.

You should just divide the scores into two fields and score each field separately. Good software will do this. If you are doing it by hand then just treat it as two separate boards with different tops.

If you have poor software then it is more difficult. Score it first: re-calculate it by hand: put the adjustments in manually.

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