Players are now allowed to point out that a card showing whether you have won or lost a trick is pointing the wrong way. Declarer can do this at any time; dummy and defenders only have until the lead is made to the next trick.
From the 1st August the rule on revokes has changed. Previously only dummy was able to ask declarer about his failure to follow suit but now the defenders are allowed to ask one another too. Hopefully this should help to avoid revokes in the future.
If you are a defender and a suit is led to which your partner does not follow, you may now say ‘Having no spades partner?’ If the answer is ‘Yes I do’, play should cease and the Director called.
The Director will rule that the card played in error becomes a major penalty card and should be left face
up on the table, the offender substituting a legal card in place of the revoke card. Cards played after the revoke by the others at the table may also be changed. The major penalty card is then subject to the usual rules.
Those of you who read the Mr Bridge magazine will have seen Sandra Landy’s article giving her views on the proposed new structure of the EBU. We have received a copy of a letter sent by the EBU to Mr Bridge in reply to the points she has raised. If you would like to read the article and the EBU’s comments, please click on the links below.
