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Manuel Paulo Reply |
Country: Portugal
Hello, David ! During a recent pairs championship in my country, I played 3NT as South, the deal being : W:AQ53 J764 85 Q82; N:J6 AKT2 KQJT4 93; E:974 Q8 9632 AT76; S:KT82 953 A7 Kj54. The opening lead was the heart seven (alerted as third or fifth highest card from a suit with honour(s), or second highest card from a suit with no honour). I played low, East won the queen and switched to a low club; I went up with the king, played the heart nine - six, ace and eight - came back to hand with the diamond ace and played the heart three - four, from West. At this point, I thought that the opening lead was not compatible with any alerted hypothesis, and I played the king trying to catch the jack from East. After East's discard, I called the director; he decided that the opponent's info was correct : the heart seven was the second highest card from a suit with no honour (J764), because only the three best honours (A,K or Q) should have been considered as such. What do you think of this? Best regards, Manuel Paulo |
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Manuel Paulo Reply |
Country: Portugal
N.B. My email address: manuel_j_a_paulo@hotmail.com |
Earl_Purple  79 posts bridgetalk member  Reply |
My view is that an honour is any card Jack or higher, so it depends on what the normal lead is from Jxxx.
If the normal lead is the 3rd highest but on this occasion the leader was false-carding then the opponents have done nothing wrong and you cannot get an adjusted score. |
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Rod Reply |
Country: England
An honour is defined in the 1997 Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge as "any Ace, King, Queen, Jack or Ten" |
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Ed 172 posts Forum Host Reply |
Clearly a director error, as Rod is correct. The Jack, even the 10, is an honor under the laws. However, Earl is also correct: if the explanation given accurately described their agreements, then there was no infraction of law, and hence no redress.
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